Christmas Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° S 176.21° E

Christmas Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Christmas Bay sea temperature is
13.4°C
0.2° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Christmas Bay at 11PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
16
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
1.1
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
7
1.1
ENE
7
0.8
E
7
0.7
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
183
240
225
215
156
135
127
124
150
146
192
111
89
110
72
52
73
73
73
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:45PM1.34m
5:15AM1.28m
5:39PM1.32m
6:08AM1.30m
6:33PM1.29m
Low Tide
10:56PM0.11m
11:29AM0.05m
11:54PM0.17m
12:25PM0.10m
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Temp °C
13
12
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
13
14
14
14
15
19
20
17
14
Feels °C
11
10
10
10
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11
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10
12
12
12
13
16
17
14
11
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