Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.5°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 2PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
!
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.8
E
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
3.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)161616161511661010101055677778991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2625252423111221203333122761672302853164154636512227817725
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
0
ENE
5
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.76
7:18PM
1.82
7:41AM
1.71
8:07PM
1.79
8:30AM
1.66
8:57PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
0.33
1:39AM
0.37
1:55PM
0.38
2:27AM
0.42
2:42PM
0.42
3:16AM
0.46
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:12-------6:10-------6:08----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------42---
Temp. °C121212121212121112131415131313131416161515141316
Feels °C (?)101010101111111012121215121211111113111212121112
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