Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Christmas Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 10AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010101410101010109977131378881414556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21017313612010478755451352924243434162222213937335689
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
W
10
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
5
N
25
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
1.31
10:01PM
1.29
10:26AM
1.28
10:49PM
1.29
11:15AM
1.26
11:35PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
0.04
3:55PM
0.10
4:16AM
0.09
4:44PM
0.13
5:09AM
0.14
5:31PM
0.17
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:29-------8:28--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131418222421161617182023212018191918202118161616
Feels °C (?)101015192220151413151923202015161516191814131314
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