Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 NZST
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Midshore Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Midshore Bay sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Midshore Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Midshore Bay at 3AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Midshore Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
!
3
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.2
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.4
S
0.4
SE
0.1
SE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2
ENE
3.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)511510101010109512677788891010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111111212033719227761922772864156887055411847681725666596463
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
SSW
5
W
5
S
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
1.82
7:41AM
1.71
8:07PM
1.79
8:30AM
1.66
8:57PM
1.75
9:21AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.37
1:55PM
0.38
2:27AM
0.42
2:42PM
0.42
3:16AM
0.46
3:29PM
0.46
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset-------6:10-------6:08-------6:07
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------23-------
Temp. °C121212121214151414131413141617141414131517192119
Feels °C (?)111112121214131313121211111212101112101315151616
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