Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 06 Mar 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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)999999999181918161515151414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)189156171141888664646263681078575727167736865959083113
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43PM
1.26
9:06AM
1.24
9:32PM
1.28
9:56AM
1.23
10:18PM
1.28
10:43AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
0.17
2:58AM
0.13
3:23PM
0.20
3:51AM
0.18
4:10PM
0.23
4:42AM
0.20
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-
Sunset-7:51-------7:49-------7:47------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C201816151414162121201716161618212119171616161615
Feels °C (?)151412121112152018171514131315181716131212131411
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