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Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
17.4° 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 6AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111012121111101010101099999999991313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83669848789872355538830823923418818114010610610674785957563910296
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
35
NE
30
NE
20
N
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
W
5
S
0
SSE
10
ENE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
1.29
2:02PM
1.23
2:28AM
1.29
2:46PM
1.20
3:12AM
1.29
3:32PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.20
8:04AM
0.23
8:12PM
0.25
8:49AM
0.27
8:52PM
0.29
9:33AM
0.29
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------6:00----
Sunset-------8:47-------8:47-------8:46
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------2-1244658761
Temp. °C141513131820212216151515141613131414141515161616
Feels °C (?)11121011141416181191011121413141313131415171817
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