Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.6° 

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 (14 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 10PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)--
Afternoon (14 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (14 Oct)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
14
0.2
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.2
S
15
0.2
SSW
14
1.1
NE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.3
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
9
0.4
SSW
9
0.5
S
8
2.1
SSW
7
3.5
S
9
4
S
11
4.5
S
11
4.5
S
11
4.5
S
11
4
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
41
20
40
17
20
82
52
19
28
25
34
395
2163
3712
4548
4668
4422
3845
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
10
W
25
W
30
WSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
40
S
50
SSW
45
S
40
S
40
S
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:08PM1.24m
9:28AM1.32m
9:55PM1.23m
10:12AM1.30m
Low Tide
3:07PM0.23m
3:15AM0.28m
3:57PM0.24m
4:00AM0.28m
4:43PM0.22m
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:28
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6:26
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
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7:32
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7:34
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7:35
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 mm
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3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
18
18
18
18
17
14
12
14
12
11
9
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
Feels °C
17
15
15
14
13
13
10
5
9
9
5
3
-2
-3
-1
-2
-1
-1
0
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