Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.4° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 11PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)--
Afternoon (15 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (15 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
SSW
9
0.5
SSW
9
0.5
S
8
2.5
SSW
7
4
SSW
10
4.5
S
11
4.5
S
11
4.5
S
11
4.5
S
10
4
SSE
10
4
SSE
10
4
SSE
10
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
10
2.1
SE
9
1.7
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
28
43
32
633
3230
4932
4752
4516
3948
3594
3464
3047
2132
1745
1178
699
797
1264
Wind (km/h)
20
W
10
W
15
W
25
WSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
S
50
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:55PM1.23m
10:12AM1.30m
10:39PM1.21m
10:55AM1.27m
Low Tide
3:57PM0.24m
4:00AM0.28m
4:43PM0.22m
4:44AM0.27m
5:26PM0.20m
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:26
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6:24
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7:34
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7:35
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7:37
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 mm
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1
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1
3
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Temp °C
13
13
11
9
8
8
8
9
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
11
11
10
9
Feels °C
9
10
7
4
-2
-3
-2
-2
-3
-2
-1
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
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