Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 04 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
15.5° 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 8PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.8
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)11107775551616616666610101055567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18181810121016172625252438151522203333676161206
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
25
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
0
SW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
1.81
7:31PM
1.85
7:53AM
1.76
8:18PM
1.82
8:41AM
1.71
9:07PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.28
1:51AM
0.33
2:08PM
0.33
2:39AM
0.37
2:55PM
0.38
3:27AM
0.42
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--------7:48-------7:48-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:13-------7:12----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191715131212121212121313121212111214151413131212
Feels °C (?)131212101011111110101212111211101112131312121011
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