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Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 10 Feb 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
16.7° 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 1PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (10 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (10 Feb)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
E
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)131313131414131212121111111011101010999121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2953844584584193902892132031791261211171106171701178378561297868
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
1.23
1:05AM
1.27
1:24PM
1.20
1:49AM
1.26
2:07PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
0.21
6:57PM
0.23
7:31AM
0.22
7:36PM
0.25
8:12AM
0.23
8:14PM
0.26
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:31-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:23-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161619212322181717161919191817171717181920191817
Feels °C (?)161518181919151414151818181817181817171718171616
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