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 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Tue afternoon, min 3°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Fri morning, min 5°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, near gales from the S by Sat afternoon). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Mon morning, light winds from the NE by Wed night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 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 | 2:26AM1.06m | |||||||
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 | 10:15PM0.55m | ||||||||
ENE 4 | NE 3 | E 4 | NE 3 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | E 3 | NNE 3 | N 4 | N 3 | N 3 | N 3 | SW 10 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | W 5 | NNE 3 | NNW 4 | WSW 6 | SSW 3 | SSW 5 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 8 | S 5 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | E 4 | E 5 | E 5 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
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 11.1 °C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 9.9 max: 10.8 min: 8.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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