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 04:01 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Fri night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sun afternoon, min 4°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Mon afternoon). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Wed afternoon, min 2°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Sat afternoon, min 1°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tue 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:09PM1.15m | 7:21AM1.34m | 7:43PM1.18m | 7:52AM1.37m | 8:15PM1.18m | 8:23AM1.39m | 8:47PM1.18m | 8:54AM1.41m | 9:19PM1.17m | 9:26AM1.42m | 9:54PM1.16m | 9:59AM1.41m | 10:32PM1.14m | 10:36AM1.38m | 11:15PM1.12m | 11:18AM1.31m | 00:09AM1.09m | 12:08PM1.21m | 1:28AM1.07m | 1:19PM1.10m | 4:31AM1.13m | 3:09PM1.06m | 4:33AM1.20m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:55PM0.13m | 9:47PM0.98m | 3:29PM0.06m | 10:17PM1.00m | 4:02PM0.02m | 10:46PM1.00m | 4:36PM-0.01m | 11:16PM0.98m | 5:11PM-0.03m | 11:48PM0.96m | 5:47PM-0.03m | 00:22AM0.94m | 6:24PM-0.01m | 6:39AM0.35m | 7:03PM0.03m | 7:22AM0.42m | 7:45PM0.09m | 8:09AM0.49m | 8:33PM0.17m | 9:07AM0.54m | 9:32PM0.26m | 10:27AM0.53m | 10:54PM0.31m | 11:57AM0.42m | ||||||||||||
SSW 8 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 17 | SW 12 | S 6 | SW 15 | WSW 12 | WSW 9 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SW 14 | SW 9 | E 5 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | |
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mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | |
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10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Moonrise | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | 10:15 | — | — | 10:38 | — | — | 10:55 | — | — | 11:10 | — | — | 11:22 | — | — | 11:35 | — | — | 11:48 | — | — | 12:04 | — | — | 12:25 |
Moonset | — | — | 2:57 | — | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | — | 10:02 | — | — | 11:20 | — | — | — | 12:39 | — | — | 2:02 | — | — | 3:30 |
 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 |
 | 4:01 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 4:04 | — | — | 4:04 | — | — | 4:05 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:08 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 10.8° C (Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.1 max: 12.0 min: 10.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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