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 05:43 AM and sunset is at 09:07 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed morning). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Thu morning, calm by Thu night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 11:12PM1.69m | 11:36AM1.79m | 00:07AM1.76m | 12:30PM1.81m | 1:05AM1.85m | 1:28PM1.84m | 2:03AM1.95m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 5:29AM0.32m | 5:59PM0.27m | 6:22AM0.30m | 6:50PM0.22m | 7:19AM0.26m | 7:43PM0.17m | |||||||||||||
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cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | risk tstorm | heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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— | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 20 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Moonrise | 4:18 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:35 | — | — | 12:45 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | — | 3:12 | — | — | 4:31 | — |
Moonset | — | 8:49 | — | — | — | 9:43 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | 11:34 | — | — | 11:58 | — | — | — | 12:20 | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 12:59 | — | — | 1:19 | — | — | 1:43 | — | — |
 | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:13 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 17.9° C (Statistics for 19 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 13.1 max: 15.0 min: 11.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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