Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today (13 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 8AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (13 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
| Evening (13 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Christmas Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Thu night, near gales from the SSW by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | NE 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 6 | ESE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 135 | 156 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 37 | 91 | 120 | 148 | 128 | 108 | 128 | 149 | 147 | 166 | 191 | 410 | 445 | 530 | 463 | 463 | 413 | 366 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:54AM1.29m | 5:16PM1.47m | 5:52AM1.29m | 6:15PM1.43m | 6:49AM1.30m | 7:13PM1.39m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:01AM-0.09m | 11:43PM0.00m | 12:00PM-0.08m | 00:43AM0.02m | 12:59PM-0.06m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:34 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ENE 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 135 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 39 | 37 | 21 | 120 | 148 | 128 | 108 | 128 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 308 | 445 | 530 | 463 | 463 | 413 | 366 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | ESE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 44 | 90 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 96 | 83 | 82 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 14 | SSE 9 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 14 | SSW 15 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | E 11 | S 18 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SE 14 |
| kJ | 8 | 47 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | — | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 61 | 156 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 91 | 91 | 258 | 240 | 258 | — | 266 | 149 | 147 | 166 | 191 | 410 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 29 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 95 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 56 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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