Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.6° C
(Which is 2.1°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 4PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121216161615141313121212111111118776556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12411894366486468380273215163120906744313018192115131223100
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
1.89
6:21AM
1.86
6:45PM
1.88
7:06AM
1.81
7:31PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.24
12:38PM
0.24
1:04AM
0.28
1:23PM
0.28
1:51AM
0.33
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--------7:46-------7:47-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:16-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C141921181614131214202219151416171718181312121211
Feels °C (?)121718151413111012171815111112121514159891110
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