Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
12.8° C
0.2° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 9PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)--
Afternoon (12 Jul)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (12 Jul)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Tue night).

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
13
0.7
S
13
0.6
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
ESE
10
0.4
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.4
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
E
12
0.5
E
12
0.4
ESE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
236
217
198
153
144
133
100
67
87
163
119
77
73
46
31
31
19
20
21
52
49
72
69
43
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
2:41PM1.53m
3:16AM1.36m
3:37PM1.57m
4:16AM1.36m
4:35PM1.59m
5:15AM1.35m
Low Tide
8:59PM0.03m
9:20AM0.03m
9:59PM0.01m
10:21AM-0.01m
11:03PM-0.01m
11:21AM-0.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:37
7:35
7:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:04
5:04
5:05
5:06
 mm
Temp °C
11
9
8
7
6
6
7
12
13
12
11
11
12
12
12
14
15
13
12
12
13
13
13
15
Feels °C
9
6
4
3
1
1
2
8
9
7
7
6
7
6
7
9
11
9
7
7
7
11
10
12
  • 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