Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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 12AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.2
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)171716766787777171741677151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95272677453135587152352727281225178155575451494644
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NW
20
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
0
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50PM
1.82
9:12AM
1.76
9:40PM
1.78
10:03AM
1.70
10:32PM
1.74
10:56AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
0.32
3:29PM
0.33
3:58AM
0.39
4:17PM
0.39
4:47AM
0.44
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------7:15-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset-8:04-------8:02-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211917161515192222211613121110111011111111101113
Feels °C (?)181717161514192222201376667678910989
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