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Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
17.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 10PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.3
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1413131212121211101010101010913121211118181715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21181715141413233872523631181716141413125657237
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
25
SW
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
1.32
11:45AM
1.31
12:07AM
1.31
12:32PM
1.29
12:55AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.05
5:36AM
0.07
6:03PM
0.09
6:28AM
0.13
6:49PM
0.14
7:17AM
0.18
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:56--
Sunset-8:49-------8:49-------8:49------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C272318171718232526222020202023272623212120171414
Feels °C (?)242118171816182022181413131417222216151514131111
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