Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
13.3°C
0.8° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 8AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (31 Oct)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Fri night, light winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
!
!
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSW
8
2.4
SSW
9
2.5
S
10
3
S
11
4
SSW
11
4
SSW
12
3
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.3
S
12
2.1
S
12
2
S
12
1.8
S
12
1.6
S
12
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
10
0.3
SSW
10
0.4
S
10
0.3
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
438
919
1224
2323
3788
3869
2297
1954
1494
1215
1122
895
690
502
403
274
220
90
70
42
47
20
28
23
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
S
30
S
20
S
5
SSW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
10:01AM1.56m
10:37PM1.39m
10:57AM1.54m
11:29PM1.38m
11:54AM1.51m
Low Tide
3:53AM0.02m
4:37PM-0.05m
4:48AM-0.04m
5:29PM-0.09m
5:42AM-0.07m
6:21PM-0.09m
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
6:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:03
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:01
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:52
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:53
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:54
—
 mm
—
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
9
8
7
9
11
11
10
9
8
7
7
13
17
19
15
12
11
11
12
16
19
19
18
17
Feels °C
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
6
5
4
3
8
12
14
10
7
5
5
7
11
14
14
15
13
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Christmas Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest