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Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 10AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)109977131378881413135666999121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)513529242434341622222137463269555549616266160160170
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
SW
10
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
SW
20
S
25
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.28
10:49PM
1.29
11:15AM
1.26
11:35PM
1.29
12:00PM
1.25
12:21AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.09
4:44PM
0.13
5:09AM
0.14
5:31PM
0.17
5:59AM
0.18
6:15PM
0.20
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:29-------8:28-------8:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------1---1
Temp. °C161820242220171717161919181717171616171818181717
Feels °C (?)111418212220141213131816151516161515161716161616
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