Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 6PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (01 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)121213131313131212121212121616141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132012181154113610601077101298087485784373564616261719150511901001862613488339276216
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42PM
1.23
6:04AM
1.27
6:33PM
1.25
6:56AM
1.24
7:24PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.15
11:55PM
0.09
12:21PM
0.21
12:49AM
0.14
1:14PM
0.25
1:41AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:30-------7:31-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:06-------7:05----
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121313121211111012141514131313121420211916161616
Feels °C (?)10101010119981010111010101091117171612121313
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