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Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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
18.5° C
 (Which is 3.9°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 11AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
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 (?)
0.3
SSE
2.1
S
2.3
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)141010121111131211111110101010101099889109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4194411301748746689985795651493824343331313244231414
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
SW
10
SSE
15
E
10
E
10
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
ESE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
1.69
1:32AM
1.72
1:50PM
1.66
2:21AM
1.73
2:37PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
0.43
7:08PM
0.38
7:36AM
0.47
7:54PM
0.41
8:25AM
0.49
8:40PM
0.42
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset-----9:08-------9:08-------9:07--
rain showers
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3-1---------------------
Temp. °C131314141414121110101518181816161514171919181515
Feels °C (?)1112111010978781315151614131311151614141213
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