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 06:41 AM and sunset is at 06:10 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 6°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NW by Mon morning). | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Fri 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:43PM2.11m | 4:06AM2.01m | 4:33PM2.09m | 4:57AM2.01m | 5:22PM2.04m | 5:47AM1.99m | 6:11PM1.97m | 6:38AM1.95m | 7:01PM1.90m | 7:29AM1.90m | 7:52PM1.82m | 8:21AM1.85m | 8:45PM1.75m | 9:15AM1.80m | 9:39PM1.69m | 10:09AM1.77m | 10:33PM1.65m | 11:03AM1.74m | 11:26PM1.63m | 11:54AM1.74m | 00:15AM1.63m | 12:41PM1.74m | 1:01AM1.64m | 1:26PM1.76m | 1:44AM1.66m | 2:07PM1.79m | 2:25AM1.69m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:27AM0.04m | 10:00PM0.08m | 10:21AM0.04m | 10:52PM0.07m | 11:14AM0.07m | 11:42PM0.09m | 12:06PM0.12m | 00:31AM0.14m | 12:57PM0.19m | 1:20AM0.20m | 1:49PM0.27m | 2:10AM0.27m | 2:40PM0.34m | 2:59AM0.34m | 3:31PM0.40m | 3:48AM0.40m | 4:21PM0.45m | 4:37AM0.44m | 5:10PM0.48m | 5:25AM0.46m | 5:58PM0.49m | 6:11AM0.45m | 6:44PM0.47m | 6:56AM0.43m | 7:29PM0.44m | 7:41AM0.39m | 8:12PM0.40m | 8:25AM0.34m | |||||||||||||||||||
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light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | |
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mm | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Moonrise | 6:05 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 9:33 | — | — | 10:21 | — | — | 11:18 | — | — | 12:20 | — | — | 1:26 | — | — | 2:34 | — | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 4:51 |
Moonset | — | 5:05 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | — | 9:51 | — | — | 11:00 | — | — | — | 12:07 | — | — | 1:10 | — | — | 2:07 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 3:36 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:37 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:21 | — |
 | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:15 | — |
 | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:28 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 11.1°C (Statistics for 10 Sep 1981-2005 – mean: 9.3 max: 10.7 min: 8.3°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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