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 SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Mon night, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Mon night, near gales from the SSW by Thu afternoon). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 4°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Thu night, light winds from the WNW by Sat morning). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sun night, light winds from the WSW by Tue night). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri morning, min 5°C on Wed night). Mainly near gales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wed 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 11:25PM1.11m | 11:37AM1.02m | 3:46PM0.88m | 11:57PM1.00m | 12:09PM0.88m | 00:48AM0.88m | 5:28PM0.92m | 5:28AM1.01m | 6:13PM0.97m | 6:47PM1.03m | 6:14AM1.16m | 6:58PM1.10m | 6:32AM1.25m | 7:08PM1.18m | 6:56AM1.35m | 7:28PM1.28m | 7:24AM1.45m | 7:54PM1.38m | 7:56AM1.53m | 8:24PM1.46m | 8:31AM1.58m | 8:57PM1.51m | 9:08AM1.58m | 9:33PM1.51m | 9:47AM1.53m | 10:10PM1.47m | 10:29AM1.42m | 2:42PM0.98m | 10:51PM1.37m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:12PM0.39m | 7:33AM0.47m | 2:39PM0.87m | 7:47PM0.54m | 8:15AM0.59m | 2:18PM0.84m | 8:29PM0.66m | 9:27AM0.68m | 10:29PM0.74m | 12:43PM0.58m | 00:49AM0.63m | 1:14PM0.42m | 1:23AM0.50m | 1:43PM0.25m | 1:55AM0.37m | 2:14PM0.08m | 2:28AM0.24m | 2:47PM-0.07m | 3:03AM0.12m | 3:21PM-0.19m | 3:40AM0.02m | 3:58PM-0.26m | 4:18AM-0.05m | 4:37PM-0.27m | 4:57AM-0.08m | 5:17PM-0.21m | 00:57AM1.06m | 6:00PM-0.09m | 1:27AM1.01m | 6:23AM0.01m | 1:43PM0.96m | 6:45PM0.07m | |||||||||||||||
WSW 10 | WSW 8 | SW 4 | SW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 13 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 9 | SW 10 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 5 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 17 | SW 16 | WSW 6 | SW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | SW 17 | SW 18 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 7 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | clear | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | risk tstorm | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Moonrise | — | 1:32 | — | — | 2:37 | — | — | 3:32 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:40 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 9:07 |
Moonset | — | 8:44 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 10:16 | — | — | 11:20 | — | — | 12:33 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | — | 3:10 | — | — | 4:31 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | — | 10:09 | — | — | 11:39 | — | — | — | 1:05 | — | — | 2:19 |
 | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 5:58 |
 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 9.2° C (Statistics for 09 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 8.7 max: 10.4 min: 6.2°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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