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 05:22 AM and sunset is at 08:44 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Wed morning, light winds from the NNW by Thu afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wed 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:45PM1.20m | 6:13AM1.17m | 6:56PM1.31m | 6:50AM1.28m | 7:23PM1.42m | 7:30AM1.37m | 7:56PM1.51m | 8:11AM1.44m | 8:32PM1.57m | 8:53AM1.47m | 9:11PM1.58m | 9:35AM1.45m | 1:41PM1.11m | 9:51PM1.56m | 10:19AM1.37m | 2:36PM1.17m | 10:32PM1.50m | 11:05AM1.26m | 3:27PM1.21m | 11:15PM1.40m | 11:54AM1.11m | 4:17PM1.23m | 00:02AM1.27m | 12:57PM0.98m | 5:07PM1.24m | 00:57AM1.13m | 5:55PM1.24m | 2:42AM1.02m | 6:41PM1.23m | 6:08AM1.07m | 7:23PM1.21m | 7:04PM1.20m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:47PM0.31m | 1:35AM0.47m | 1:49PM0.19m | 2:26AM0.30m | 2:39PM0.07m | 3:11AM0.12m | 3:27PM-0.03m | 3:55AM-0.04m | 4:13PM-0.09m | 4:39AM-0.17m | 12:09PM1.05m | 4:58PM-0.11m | 5:23AM-0.24m | 12:26PM1.07m | 5:44PM-0.07m | 1:07AM1.08m | 12:53PM1.07m | 6:30PM0.01m | 1:35AM1.07m | 1:21PM1.04m | 7:17PM0.12m | 7:44AM-0.14m | 1:48PM1.00m | 8:07PM0.26m | 8:36AM-0.02m | 2:04PM0.96m | 9:01PM0.39m | 9:32AM0.10m | 10:05PM0.50m | 10:40AM0.21m | 11:27PM0.54m | 12:00PM0.26m | 00:53AM0.46m | 1:11PM0.24m | |||||||||||||
SW 6 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | NNE 3 | E 4 | WSW 6 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 8 | WNW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 6 | WSW 4 | SW 8 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | |
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max °C | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
Moonrise | 3:20 | — | — | 3:33 | — | — | 3:47 | — | — | 4:04 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 11:05 | — | — | 12:27 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 2:59 | — | — | — | 4:12 | — | — | 5:24 |
Moonset | — | 3:18 | — | — | 4:39 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 10:39 | — | — | 11:53 | — | — | — | 12:48 | — | — | 1:24 | — | — | 1:49 | — | — | 2:07 | — | — | 2:22 | — | — | 2:34 | — | — | 2:46 | — | — | 2:58 | — |
 | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:03 | — |
 | — | 8:44 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:46 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:50 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:54 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:01 | — | — | 9:02 | — | 9:04 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 13.8° C (Statistics for 12 May 1981-2005 – mean: 11.1 max: 12.4 min: 9.9°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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