Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.3° 

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 (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 11AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 25). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
S
15
0.5
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
18
0.5
S
17
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
14
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
141
106
189
120
118
137
135
81
47
108
144
129
112
103
59
55
48
27
24
12
37
45
57
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
4:31AM1.23m
4:58PM1.27m
5:24AM1.30m
5:56PM1.30m
6:19AM1.38m
6:55PM1.33m
Low Tide
10:37AM0.21m
11:13PM0.25m
11:39AM0.20m
00:14AM0.24m
12:42PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
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6:13
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6:11
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6:09
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7:45
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7:46
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2
4
1
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Temp °C
13
13
16
20
19
16
13
12
12
13
16
19
20
17
15
14
16
17
17
14
11
11
11
Feels °C
6
6
11
15
13
11
6
5
6
7
10
14
15
11
8
8
10
11
12
11
6
8
9
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