Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
17.4° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)1110101046131314141413131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)998821574595239357443406623604405341335330281240228827957
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
W
10
SW
15
SE
25
S
15
S
15
WNW
20
W
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
S
15
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
2.06
3:53PM
1.93
4:23AM
2.07
4:45PM
1.94
5:13AM
2.06
5:35PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
10:41AM
0.14
10:59PM
0.08
11:32AM
0.13
11:50PM
0.10
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----8:14-------8:13-------8:10--
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----3983111111----------
Temp. °C1111141611878988811111099911131513109
Feels °C (?)9911136433101034544468121087
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