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 05:41 AM and sunset is at 09:06 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu morning, calm by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Sat 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:09PM1.70m | 3:37AM1.79m | 3:53PM1.70m | 4:19AM1.81m | 4:36PM1.70m | 5:02AM1.84m | 5:18PM1.71m | 5:44AM1.86m | 6:01PM1.71m | 6:26AM1.87m | 6:43PM1.70m | 7:09AM1.86m | 7:26PM1.68m | 7:50AM1.85m | 8:08PM1.66m | 8:32AM1.82m | 8:50PM1.64m | 9:14AM1.80m | 9:34PM1.64m | 9:58AM1.79m | 10:21PM1.65m | 10:45AM1.78m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:56AM0.44m | 9:13PM0.38m | 9:43AM0.45m | 9:56PM0.38m | 10:28AM0.44m | 10:39PM0.38m | 11:14AM0.43m | 11:24PM0.37m | 11:59AM0.41m | 00:08AM0.36m | 12:44PM0.40m | 00:52AM0.35m | 1:28PM0.39m | 1:36AM0.35m | 2:12PM0.39m | 2:20AM0.35m | 2:56PM0.38m | 3:05AM0.35m | 3:40PM0.37m | 3:50AM0.35m | 4:24PM0.34m | 4:38AM0.34m | 5:10PM0.31m | ||||||||||||
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some clouds | risk tstorm | heavy rain | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | mod rain | some clouds | light rain | light rain | clear | cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | |
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— | 2 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 21 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
Moonrise | 2:49 | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 4:18 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:35 | — | — | 12:45 | — |
Moonset | — | 5:41 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — | — | 9:43 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | 11:34 | — | — | 11:58 | — | — | — | 12:20 | — | — | 12:40 | — |
 | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — |
 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:12 | — | 9:12 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 17.0° C (Statistics for 16 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 13.0 max: 15.0 min: 11.2°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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