Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 19 Sep 2025 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
10.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Midshore Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Midshore Bay at 7PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)--
Afternoon (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
1.9
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101014141414141414131112117101010989999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)847948961622082082081621608820538193424023142351418286829088
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
40
NW
25
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
1.86
3:29PM
1.94
3:50AM
1.85
4:13PM
1.91
4:35AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58PM
0.23
9:15AM
0.20
9:45PM
0.23
10:03AM
0.22
10:30PM
0.24
10:49AM
0.25
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:18-
Sunset-6:21-------6:22-------6:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C974334813141111111213151716151111981116
Feels °C (?)62-2-2-2-2267555558911117665913
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Midshore Bay (moderate winds from the ENE at Christchurch International Airport 46 km from Midshore Bay). 1.2m 9s swell from the SE to make surfable waves.

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46 km away, 1 h 47 min ago

28 km/h
ENE
0.0
10.7
Air / Water (°C)
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