Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
17.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
SE
0.3
ENE
1
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111110101010101010677777771076556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)977840373736362615159179846552292727171069141756
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSE
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
1.92
12:02PM
1.82
12:38AM
1.95
1:04PM
1.83
1:39AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.20
5:56AM
0.25
6:17PM
0.19
6:55AM
0.25
7:16PM
0.17
7:55AM
0.23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-8:22-------8:21-------8:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1431221
Temp. °C171512111111141821201917161620231714121110101010
Feels °C (?)1211988791317171815141418211512887777
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