Christmas Bay surf break

Christmas Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101010101010101099777107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1911871772572572622592142101731361061047875545135282424166316
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
15
N
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
NW
0
SSW
0
SSW
10
NNW
25
WNW
25
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
N
25
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
1.34
9:11PM
1.28
9:34AM
1.31
10:01PM
1.29
10:26AM
1.28
10:49PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
-0.01
3:05PM
0.07
3:21AM
0.04
3:55PM
0.10
4:16AM
0.09
4:44PM
0.13
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:29--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111114161717141314151823242017161718202020191819
Feels °C (?)101012131413101010111521242016131417201920191516
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