Christchurch Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:01 AM and sunset is at 08:10 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Thu afternoon, min 3°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Tue morning, calm by Thu morning). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sat morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sun night, calm by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wed 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:07AM1.17m | 7:44PM1.21m | 7:37AM1.24m | 8:06PM1.29m | 8:07AM1.29m | 8:31PM1.34m | 8:36AM1.32m | 8:56PM1.39m | 9:05AM1.35m | 9:22PM1.41m | 9:34AM1.35m | 9:49PM1.42m | 10:04AM1.34m | 2:15PM0.94m | 10:19PM1.41m | 10:37AM1.32m | 3:09PM0.93m | 10:51PM1.39m | 11:13AM1.26m | 3:59PM0.94m | 11:28PM1.33m | 11:54AM1.17m | 4:48PM0.96m | 00:10AM1.25m | 12:45PM1.05m | 5:35PM1.00m | 1:03AM1.15m | 2:05PM0.94m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:53PM0.14m | 3:15AM0.26m | 3:26PM0.08m | 3:47AM0.18m | 3:58PM0.04m | 4:18AM0.12m | 4:30PM0.04m | 4:50AM0.07m | 5:03PM0.05m | 5:23AM0.05m | 5:37PM0.09m | 5:58AM0.06m | 1:20PM0.93m | 1:48AM0.94m | 1:46PM0.89m | 2:15AM0.89m | 7:14AM0.14m | 2:16PM0.86m | 7:33PM0.30m | 7:58AM0.20m | 2:47PM0.85m | 8:18PM0.39m | 8:46AM0.26m | 3:17PM0.87m | 9:10PM0.48m | 9:44AM0.29m | 3:30PM0.92m | ||||||||
E 4 | NE 3 | E 4 | NE 4 | E 5 | E 6 | E 5 | E 4 | WNW 2 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | N 3 | NNE 3 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 3 | S 4 | SSW 5 | SE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | E 6 | E 6 | S 5 | ENE 4 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | SW 2 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | heavy rain | mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Moonrise | — | 4:32 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | — | 9:18 | — | — | 10:35 | — | — | 11:51 | — | — | — | 1:02 | — | — | 2:01 | — | — | 2:45 | — | — | 3:17 | — |
Moonset | 5:07 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 11:27 | — |
 | 6:01 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:39 | — |
 | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:28 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 11.0 °C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 9.9 max: 10.8 min: 7.5°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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