Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.2°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 1PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)111116151514141413131212121616161514131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98981191163052082031911421361241189436135234431827317616393906844
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.94
5:14PM
1.90
5:36AM
1.91
6:00PM
1.89
6:21AM
1.86
6:45PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
0.19
11:28PM
0.20
11:53AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.24
12:38PM
0.24
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:43-------7:45-------7:46-----
Sunset-----7:20-------7:19-------7:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9810131413121212121419211816141313152122201717
Feels °C (?)768111110101010101217181514131111131817141313
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