Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 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 1.3°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 4PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (24 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSE
1.5
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)886677101010101010101010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3543131156189257121116140200327281227155170130102100986361583441
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.34
12:00AM
1.46
12:32PM
1.35
12:54AM
1.48
1:24PM
1.34
1:49AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
0.03
6:29AM
-0.01
6:48PM
-0.00
7:20AM
-0.03
7:37PM
-0.03
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52
Sunset---8:06-------8:05-------8:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172018151413121214161716151616171923232119181715
Feels °C (?)151713101010111113131211111312131520211817181714
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