Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
11.8°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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 9AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (03 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (03 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Fri night, light winds from the WNW by Sat morning).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
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)
1.9
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.5
S
12
1.3
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.6
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.2
SSW
15
0.4
SW
8
0.7
SW
9
0.7
SSW
9
0.5
SSW
8
0.5
SSW
8
0.6
SSW
8
0.7
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1226
956
690
480
396
322
253
191
146
80
96
68
45
28
23
22
75
67
39
37
55
110
145
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
9:42AM1.37m
10:15PM1.30m
10:31AM1.42m
11:03PM1.32m
11:23AM1.45m
Low Tide
3:42AM0.13m
4:10PM0.07m
4:30AM0.08m
5:01PM0.03m
5:19AM0.03m
5:51PM-0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:53
 mm
1
Temp °C
13
13
14
16
17
15
15
14
14
15
14
15
16
13
12
11
11
11
12
15
15
13
12
Feels °C
6
6
7
10
13
11
11
9
9
9
9
8
9
6
3
3
4
5
8
11
9
7
5
  • 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