Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 12AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
4
ENE
5.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101011119101011131312111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2672672673223153153223994632884504327851008100116653367786193356123299618471291738
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
E
45
ENE
15
NNE
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
1.21
11:50AM
1.13
12:13AM
1.21
12:32PM
1.12
12:57AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
0.23
5:58AM
0.15
5:56PM
0.20
6:35AM
0.14
6:34PM
0.17
7:13AM
0.13
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:39-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset5:52-------5:51-------5:50-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11-171472----
Temp. °C171515151514151718171716171718181819181818191820
Feels °C (?)151516151513141515151514161414131213181412141519
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