Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
16.2° 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 10AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.6
E
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.8
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
E
1
E
0.7
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1010101099998121212121212121212121117111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6674993783155532351941538814628735336123218027313426223516631111911685
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
10
WNW
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
W
10
NW
15
N
10
NW
5
W
15
SW
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
2.00
1:52PM
1.87
2:22AM
2.00
2:47PM
1.88
3:14AM
1.99
3:38PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.20
8:00PM
0.16
8:37AM
0.19
8:56PM
0.16
9:29AM
0.18
9:49PM
0.16
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--7:39-------7:39-------7:41-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:25-------7:23--
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021221916141414141519202019191716171816131312
Feels °C (?)171718221815131413131418201918171514161615111210
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