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 07:15 AM and sunset is at 05:37 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Thu morning, calm by Thu night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:15AM1.70m | 6:39PM1.81m | 6:59AM1.68m | 7:24PM1.81m | 7:44AM1.66m | 8:10PM1.81m | 8:32AM1.65m | 8:59PM1.82m | 9:22AM1.66m | 9:52PM1.84m | 10:16AM1.69m | 10:46PM1.88m | 11:12AM1.74m | 11:41PM1.92m | 12:08PM1.81m | 00:36AM1.97m | 1:04PM1.89m | 1:31AM2.01m | 2:00PM1.98m | 2:26AM2.04m | 2:55PM2.07m | 3:20AM2.06m | 3:50PM2.13m | 4:14AM2.05m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:28PM0.38m | 1:01AM0.40m | 1:14PM0.39m | 1:49AM0.41m | 2:01PM0.39m | 2:37AM0.40m | 2:49PM0.38m | 3:26AM0.38m | 3:39PM0.34m | 4:17AM0.34m | 4:30PM0.29m | 5:08AM0.29m | 5:24PM0.23m | 6:00AM0.22m | 6:18PM0.17m | 6:53AM0.15m | 7:15PM0.11m | 7:47AM0.08m | 8:12PM0.07m | 8:41AM0.03m | 9:10PM0.04m | 9:36AM-0.01m | 10:08PM0.04m | |||||||||||||
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rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | mod rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | clear | some clouds | clear | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | |
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4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
Moonrise | — | 6:26 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 11:22 | — | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 1:59 | — | — | 3:17 | — | — | 4:36 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — |
Moonset | 9:25 | — | — | 10:35 | — | — | 11:41 | — | — | 12:39 | — | — | 1:28 | — | — | 2:07 | — | — | 2:38 | — | — | — | 3:04 | — | — | 3:27 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:35 | — |
 | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:22 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 13.5 °C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 12.0 max: 13.6 min: 10.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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