Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.8
E
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999999999101010101010101010101010911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)579510359391380333333295295308276276267267267322315322322399533377106743
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
1.17
10:49PM
1.22
11:11AM
1.15
11:30PM
1.21
11:50AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
0.21
4:39PM
0.26
5:20AM
0.18
5:18PM
0.23
5:58AM
0.15
5:56PM
0.20
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:37-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151517212320171615141617161515151514151718161717
Feels °C (?)121214182119141413121414141415151513151515131615
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