Christchurch Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 —.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue night, min 8°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
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night
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night
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night
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night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
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
4:45PM2.16m
5:09AM2.03m
5:40PM2.16m
6:04AM1.99m
6:35PM2.14m
7:00AM1.94m
7:31PM2.08m
7:56AM1.88m
Low Tide
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
10:31AM-0.01m
11:06PM0.05m
11:26AM0.01m
00:03AM0.08m
12:21PM0.05m
1:00AM0.13m
1:17PM0.11m
1:55AM0.18m
2:11PM0.18m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
cloudy
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
 km/h
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
30
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
S
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
WNW
10
SW
5
E
10
NE
10
W
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
ENE
 mm 
1.0
5
max°C
13
12
12
10
11
12
10
11
10
10
11
11
11
12
12
11
11
12
11
12
14
12
12
12
11
11
12
9
11
12
9
10
11
8
9
10
Moonrise
10:05
11:22
12:40
1:59
3:17
4:36
5:56
7:17
8:38
9:56
11:05
12:02
Moonset
1:28
2:07
2:38
3:04
3:27
3:49
4:10
4:35
5:03
5:38
6:22
7:16
8:19
Sunrise
7:20
7:22
7:22
7:24
7:24
7:26
7:26
7:28
7:28
7:31
7:31
7:33
Sunset
5:30
5:30
5:28
5:27
5:25
5:23
5:22
5:22
5:21
5:19
5:17
5:16
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 13.5 °C (Statistics for 30 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 11.9 max: 13.6 min: 10.3°C)
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