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 — and sunset is at 08:20 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sat night, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat night, light winds from the WSW by Sun night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Tue morning, light winds from the WNW by Wed night). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the S by Sun morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sun night, calm by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wed 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 2:26AM1.06m | 7:00PM1.13m | 4:55AM1.09m | 7:23PM1.19m | 6:55PM1.28m | 6:33AM1.30m | 7:17PM1.38m | 7:15AM1.38m | 7:48PM1.47m | 7:57AM1.44m | 8:23PM1.52m | 8:38AM1.45m | |||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 10:15PM0.55m | 10:57AM0.28m | 11:41PM0.55m | 12:20PM0.20m | 1:04AM0.43m | 1:29PM0.06m | 2:05AM0.25m | 2:24PM-0.08m | 2:55AM0.08m | 3:13PM-0.17m | 3:41AM-0.07m | 3:59PM-0.20m | 4:25AM-0.18m | 11:43AM1.09m | |||||||
E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | NW 4 | SE 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 8 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SE 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | SSE 4 | S 5 | SSW 7 | SW 9 | SW 8 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 12 | |
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light rain | light rain | light rain | mod rain | heavy rain | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | |
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3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1.0 | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
Moonrise | — | 11:51 | — | — | — | 1:02 | — | — | 2:01 | — | — | 2:45 | — | — | 3:17 | — | — | 3:40 | — | — | 3:58 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:27 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 5:16 |
Moonset | 6:30 | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | 12:55 | — | — | 2:22 | — | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 8:15 | — | 9:46 |
 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:28 |
 | 8:20 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 11.2 °C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 10.3 max: 11.5 min: 8.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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