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Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 19 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Christmas Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 10PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (19 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.2
E
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
4
ENE
Period(s) (?)7787788778881414141414141377889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32125920028026119118624523922822819623936140549648245643044951666112562581
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
45
NE
50
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
1.08
6:48AM
1.22
7:25PM
1.08
7:38AM
1.21
8:15PM
1.10
8:30AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
0.24
1:31PM
0.23
1:25AM
0.20
2:21PM
0.20
2:13AM
0.17
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-8:45-------8:45-------8:44------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------114411
Temp. °C171615161615161616161616161616171818171717171616
Feels °C (?)1312111211101211111212121212121213131212111198
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