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Midway Beach - Surf Club surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 13 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Dec) | 4ft (1.2m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (13 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 7s |
| Evening (13 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Midway Beach - Surf Club. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
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 kJ (?) | 311 | 294 | 114 | 214 | 209 | 220 | 93 | 102 | 104 | 96 | 77 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:24AM 1.90 | 1:49PM 1.99 | 2:19AM 1.89 | 2:35PM 1.95 | 3:08AM 1.87 | 3:18PM 1.90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:32AM 0.67 | 8:08PM 0.63 | 8:23AM 0.69 | 8:53PM 0.62 | 9:12AM 0.71 | 9:36PM 0.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tue 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:28 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
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