Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
12.4°C
0.3° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 1PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (08 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SE
7
1.5
ESE
7
1.6
ESE
8
1.6
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.7
E
9
1.7
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.5
E
8
1.5
E
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
E
8
1.2
ESE
8
1.2
E
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
217
333
384
386
445
455
386
331
324
277
277
270
264
197
187
110
79
60
45
48
79
70
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
30
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
High Tide
1:41AM1.28m
2:07PM1.45m
2:39AM1.26m
3:03PM1.43m
3:37AM1.26m
4:01PM1.41m
Low Tide
7:48AM-0.07m
8:22PM-0.05m
8:45AM-0.07m
9:18PM-0.01m
9:44AM-0.06m
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
5:59
 mm
2
10
Temp °C
9
8
9
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
10
12
13
12
9
11
11
11
12
13
13
10
7
Feels °C
7
6
6
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
9
5
6
5
5
7
9
10
4
0
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