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 07:13 AM and sunset is at 04:27 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Tue morning, min 3°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Sun night, min 3°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, strong winds from the S by Sun night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Mon night, near gales from the SW by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Fri morning, light winds from the SW by Sat afternoon). | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Mainly gales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:00AM1.45m | 8:21PM1.32m | 8:34AM1.43m | 8:57PM1.28m | 9:07AM1.39m | 1:03PM0.96m | 9:31PM1.22m | 9:40AM1.33m | 1:43PM0.94m | 10:05PM1.14m | 10:12AM1.26m | 2:25PM0.94m | 10:39PM1.04m | 10:44AM1.18m | 3:06PM0.94m | 11:16PM0.95m | 11:17AM1.09m | 3:43PM0.95m | 00:06AM0.86m | 11:59AM1.00m | 4:16PM0.96m | 5:10AM1.08m | 4:38PM0.98m | 5:37AM1.12m | 4:49PM1.02m | 5:47AM1.18m | 5:08PM1.09m | 5:50AM1.26m | 5:38PM1.19m | 6:09AM1.36m | 6:14PM1.29m | 6:39AM1.46m | 6:53PM1.38m | 7:13AM1.54m | 7:33PM1.43m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:13PM-0.05m | 11:14PM0.99m | 4:49PM-0.00m | 11:49PM0.97m | 12:43PM0.96m | 00:19AM0.94m | 1:08PM0.94m | 6:01PM0.14m | 6:15AM0.39m | 1:30PM0.93m | 6:37PM0.22m | 6:51AM0.48m | 1:51PM0.92m | 7:16PM0.30m | 7:31AM0.57m | 2:10PM0.91m | 7:58PM0.36m | 8:16AM0.64m | 2:24PM0.92m | 8:46PM0.40m | 9:15AM0.68m | 9:49PM0.42m | 10:49AM0.67m | 11:14PM0.38m | 12:15PM0.54m | 00:25AM0.29m | 1:07PM0.38m | 1:18AM0.18m | 1:52PM0.20m | 2:05AM0.08m | 2:35PM0.03m | 2:51AM-0.01m | 3:18PM-0.11m | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 6 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 9 | E 7 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 13 | SE 4 | ESE 5 | SW 11 | SW 11 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 11 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 6 | SW 7 |
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cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | mod rain | risk tstorm | light rain | clear | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | mod rain | heavy rain | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | |
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mm | — | 5 | 12 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 5 | — | 6 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
Moonrise | 8:56 | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 10:59 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | 12:18 | — | — | 12:43 | — | — | 1:02 | — | — | 1:18 | — | — | 1:31 | — | — | 1:44 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 2:30 | — | — | 2:54 | — | — | — | 3:28 | — | — | 4:19 |
Moonset | — | 4:26 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | — | 9:13 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:38 | — | — | — | 12:51 | — | — | 2:06 | — | — | 3:25 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 9:11 | — |
 | 7:13 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — |
 | — | 4:27 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:21 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:17 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:14 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:12 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:08 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 13.6°C (Statistics for 10 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 13.5 max: 14.3 min: 12.5°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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