Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 7AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (11 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (11 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
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)
1.1
E
7
1.3
ENE
7
1
ENE
6
0.8
E
7
1.2
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
E
7
0.6
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.2
SSW
14
0.3
ENE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
107
163
90
55
163
96
94
75
73
55
40
36
36
24
27
28
29
29
28
27
26
21
20
8
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:08AM1.30m
6:33PM1.29m
7:00AM1.32m
7:26PM1.27m
7:52AM1.34m
8:18PM1.26m
Low Tide
11:54PM0.17m
12:25PM0.10m
00:49AM0.22m
1:20PM0.16m
1:40AM0.25m
2:14PM0.20m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
14
13
14
17
17
20
18
15
15
14
13
15
16
16
15
15
15
13
15
18
20
22
19
17
Feels °C
12
11
12
15
15
16
15
12
12
12
12
15
14
14
12
12
12
10
12
15
16
19
16
13
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