Christchurch Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 05:38 PM.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed night, min 9°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tue
7
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:56PM1.80m
6:15AM1.70m
6:39PM1.81m
6:59AM1.68m
7:24PM1.81m
7:44AM1.66m
8:10PM1.81m
8:32AM1.65m
8:59PM1.82m
9:22AM1.66m
9:52PM1.84m
10:16AM1.69m
10:46PM1.88m
11:12AM1.74m
11:41PM1.92m
12:08PM1.81m
00:36AM1.97m
1:04PM1.89m
1:31AM2.01m
2:00PM1.98m
2:26AM2.04m
2:55PM2.07m
3:20AM2.06m
Low Tide
00:14AM0.39m
12:28PM0.38m
1:01AM0.40m
1:14PM0.39m
1:49AM0.41m
2:01PM0.39m
2:37AM0.40m
2:49PM0.38m
3:26AM0.38m
3:39PM0.34m
4:17AM0.34m
4:30PM0.29m
5:08AM0.29m
5:24PM0.23m
6:00AM0.22m
6:18PM0.17m
6:53AM0.15m
7:15PM0.11m
7:47AM0.08m
8:12PM0.07m
8:41AM0.03m
9:10PM0.04m
9:36AM-0.01m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
light rain
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
 km/h
25
NW
10
N
15
W
15
SSW
5
WSW
10
N
5
ESE
5
NE
5
N
10
E
5
ESE
5
WSW
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
10
SE
5
WSW
0
NW
15
E
10
NE
5
NE
10
E
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
5
NE
10
ENE
0
N
5
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
WSW
10
SW
 mm 
2.0
1.0
1.0
2.0
2.0
max°C
21
14
14
14
8
12
14
12
13
13
12
14
14
12
15
15
12
13
13
14
13
13
13
14
13
11
12
12
10
11
11
10
12
12
11
11
Moonrise
5:57
6:26
7:05
7:54
8:55
10:05
11:22
12:40
1:59
3:17
4:36
5:56
Moonset
8:16
9:25
10:35
11:41
12:39
1:28
2:07
2:38
3:04
3:27
3:49
4:10
4:35
Sunrise
7:15
7:16
7:16
7:18
7:18
7:20
7:22
7:22
7:24
7:24
7:26
7:26
Sunset
5:38
5:37
5:37
5:35
5:34
5:31
5:30
5:30
5:28
5:27
5:25
5:23
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 13.5 °C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 12.0 max: 13.6 min: 10.8°C)
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