Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 1PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
4
SSE
3
S
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.3
S
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010111111910101010910999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2533250821793398166114261221952847674537437378355312237188146119848180102104
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
1.42
9:32PM
1.58
10:07AM
1.41
10:28PM
1.55
10:59AM
1.38
11:25PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
-0.05
3:24PM
-0.02
4:06AM
-0.08
4:19PM
-0.06
4:59AM
-0.09
5:13PM
-0.07
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:35-------5:32-------5:31---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11111-1222211-----------
Temp. °C12121211111111111010111112121110109101313121110
Feels °C (?)223223446667888776811101098
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