Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 10 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 5PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
4
ENE
5.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010101011999101113131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27627626726726732231531532239946365066354085460079610943382809910117752140742389
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
40
E
50
ENE
50
NE
20
NE
40
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
1.15
11:30PM
1.21
11:50AM
1.13
12:13AM
1.21
12:32PM
1.12
12:57AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
0.23
5:58AM
0.15
5:56PM
0.20
6:35AM
0.14
6:34PM
0.17
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:50-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------11-17632--
Temp. °C161817151515141415171816161717171818181918181818
Feels °C (?)141615151616141314151513131516151413111217121312
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