Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
12.0° C
0.8° 

Christmas Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 6PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (04 Aug)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (04 Aug)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
S
13
4
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
12
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4
S
12
4
S
12
3
S
12
2.4
SSE
11
2.5
SSW
12
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.2
S
11
1.7
SSW
11
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.1
SE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3770
5142
5507
5312
5759
5975
6020
5224
6215
5136
4340
2648
1381
1688
1521
1379
1144
680
508
468
408
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:16AM1.21m
9:44PM1.23m
10:02AM1.27m
10:32PM1.26m
10:50AM1.34m
Low Tide
3:30PM0.16m
4:05AM0.16m
4:22PM0.13m
4:51AM0.13m
5:13PM0.10m
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:18
7:18
7:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:23
5:24
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
5
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
7
8
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
8
9
7
6
Feels °C
-2
-4
-5
-5
-4
-4
-4
-3
-1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
4
5
4
4
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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.


Nearest locationNearest