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Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 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
17.1° C
 (Which is 2.4°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: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
ENE
0.3
SE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)998977131414667777777778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)802332141910556163121105123163147131131106968976991139391
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.76
3:23PM
1.66
3:50AM
1.79
4:06PM
1.68
4:33AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
0.42
9:13AM
0.48
9:25PM
0.41
9:59AM
0.46
10:09PM
0.39
10:44AM
0.44
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-9:07-------9:07-------9:07------
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light rain
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181715141413141414141414141414141313121212121415
Feels °C (?)15141312131213131110121212111212101199991111
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