Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 2AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.8m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.2
S
2.3
SSW
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2
ESE
1.6
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)121210101111111111101010101212111111101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)298427591867157011071143127313261154102684974844112071186937757619473325322237232181
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
0
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
1.23
6:26AM
1.33
6:58PM
1.23
7:20AM
1.29
7:52PM
1.25
8:14AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
-0.00
12:49PM
0.11
1:09AM
0.03
1:44PM
0.14
2:04AM
0.08
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:58-------6:58--------7:01-
Sunset-7:55-------7:53-------7:52------
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C131212131211131515141312111013192019141414131519
Feels °C (?)54467791112121311981116161611101081014
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