Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 6PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
1
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101099999991717566677777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1541206511185605841413095272733292326411084240291915
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NE
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
E
15
ENE
10
E
0
SW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
1.91
8:00PM
1.86
8:23AM
1.84
8:50PM
1.82
9:12AM
1.76
9:40PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
0.21
2:19AM
0.25
2:42PM
0.27
3:08AM
0.32
3:29PM
0.33
3:58AM
0.39
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise--------7:13-------7:15-------
Sunset---8:06-------8:04-------8:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C152224211716151417212119161616161923222115151412
Feels °C (?)12202320161413121620191817161616192321191212107
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