Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
13.3°C
0.1° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.4
SSW
18
0.6
S
17
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
1.2
E
7
0.6
S
12
1
E
7
1.2
E
7
1
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
256
226
180
154
140
109
215
190
183
240
225
163
156
135
155
101
93
142
97
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross
on
on
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
3:49PM1.37m
4:20AM1.27m
4:45PM1.34m
5:15AM1.28m
5:39PM1.32m
Low Tide
9:59PM0.04m
10:32AM0.01m
10:56PM0.11m
11:29AM0.05m
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:37
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6:35
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7:27
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7:28
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7:29
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 mm
1
1
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Temp °C
11
13
13
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
Feels °C
8
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
12
12
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