Midway Beach - Surf Club surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Midway Beach - Surf Club surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Midway Beach - Surf Club sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Midway Beach - Surf Club today?

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Surf Club at 2PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

Table - waves today at Midway Beach - Surf Club. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.4
SSE
1.7
SE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.6
ESE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)999988787778888877777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)501502313440713602229574516452483499505490464452440406387353294337292251
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44PM
1.67
7:26AM
1.75
7:38PM
1.72
8:14AM
1.82
8:26PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
0.82
12:57AM
0.72
1:42PM
0.79
1:47AM
0.68
2:31PM
0.75
2:34AM
0.64
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:05
Sunset---8:32-------8:31-------8:31----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1122211111211122121--1--
Temp. °C171616171717171717171718181717171717171717171616
Feels °C (?)131312121212131213131314141313131212121213131212
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