Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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 3.6°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 4AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.2
SSE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999999999455149991215141313136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81921616165726404039282121208158611598161616103
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
E
20
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.82
7:58PM
1.65
8:22AM
1.80
8:42PM
1.62
9:06AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.39
1:59PM
0.42
2:08AM
0.41
2:45PM
0.43
2:53AM
0.42
3:29PM
0.44
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:47----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:42-------8:43
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------23211----------
Temp. °C111010101415161513121110101010101111111114161616
Feels °C (?)8789131314131210777777988811121315
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