Secret spot?We can hide it! Christmas Bay Surf Forecast / New-Zealand – Wairarapa / New Zealand2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 23 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012Christmas Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 806 | 395 | 238 | 575 | 794 | 786 | 345 | 2065 | 600 | 534 | 196 | 270 | 626 | 604 | 790 | 1187 | 3723 | 2479 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
cross- off |
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cross- on |
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cross | cross | cross- off |
off | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Christmas Bay blow from the NW
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High Tide / height (m) |
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5:15AM 1.48 |
5:40PM 1.63 |
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6:14AM 1.47 |
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6:39PM 1.63 |
7:12AM 1.47 |
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7:37PM 1.61 |
8:09AM 1.46 |
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8:35PM 1.56 |
9:03AM 1.44 |
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9:32PM 1.50 |
9:55AM 1.42 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
11:07PM -0.02 |
11:24AM -0.01 |
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12:10AM -0.05 |
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12:24PM -0.04 |
1:11AM -0.06 |
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1:21PM -0.06 |
2:09AM -0.07 |
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2:18PM -0.05 |
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3:04AM -0.07 |
3:15PM -0.03 |
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3:57AM -0.05 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Castlepoint, New Zealand which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Christmas Bay. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is 14.9 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 14.0 max: 15.2 min: 12.9 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Tue night, min 8°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the N by Tue night). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 4°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Low °C | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | 7:31 | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | 7:35 | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | - | 16:53 | - | - | 16:53 | - | - | 16:52 | - | - | 16:52 | - | - | 16:52 | - | - | 16:52 | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Christmas Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Christmas Bay at:
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Information about the Christmas Bay Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Christmas Bay provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Christmas Bay can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Christmas Bay surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Christmas Bay) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Christmas Bay may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Are you planning a holiday in Wairarapa? If you are looking for accommodation near Christmas Bay, camping, hotels and holiday cottages in Wairarapa, consider staying in Masterton which is 47 km (29 miles) away. Other places in and around Wairarapa where you can find information about places to rent, and car hire include Palmerston North which is 80 km (50 miles) away and Levin, 85 km (53 miles) away.
