Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.0° 

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 (27 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 10PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)--
Afternoon (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
6
1
S
6
1.1
S
7
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
9
1.3
SSW
9
1.2
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
9
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
64
74
131
173
235
302
271
147
318
242
170
155
149
95
283
146
130
174
172
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
0
NW
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
45
WNW
25
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:55PM1.33m
7:16AM1.45m
7:53PM1.35m
8:11AM1.52m
8:50PM1.37m
Low Tide
1:12AM0.20m
1:45PM0.13m
2:07AM0.15m
2:45PM0.07m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
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6:09
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6:07
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7:47
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7:49
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7:50
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 mm
1
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2
2
Temp °C
10
11
9
9
9
10
15
17
17
14
13
12
12
13
15
17
16
12
11
Feels °C
6
10
6
6
5
5
9
10
10
7
6
3
3
3
7
11
8
7
7
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