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 08:22 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon morning, calm by Tue night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the ENE by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Fri 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:59PM0.94m | 11:28PM1.33m | 11:54AM1.17m | 4:48PM0.96m | 00:10AM1.25m | 12:45PM1.05m | 5:35PM1.00m | 1:03AM1.15m | 2:05PM0.94m | 2:26AM1.06m | 7:00PM1.13m | 4:55AM1.09m | 7:23PM1.19m | 6:55PM1.28m | 6:33AM1.30m | 7:17PM1.38m | 7:15AM1.38m | 7:48PM1.47m | 7:57AM1.44m | 8:23PM1.52m | 8:38AM1.45m | 8:59PM1.54m | 9:19AM1.43m | 1:20PM1.12m | 9:36PM1.52m | 10:00AM1.36m | ||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:16PM0.86m | 7:33PM0.30m | 7:58AM0.20m | 2:47PM0.85m | 8:18PM0.39m | 8:46AM0.26m | 3:17PM0.87m | 9:10PM0.48m | 9:44AM0.29m | 3:30PM0.92m | 10:15PM0.55m | 10:57AM0.28m | 11:41PM0.55m | 12:20PM0.20m | 1:04AM0.43m | 1:29PM0.06m | 2:05AM0.25m | 2:24PM-0.08m | 2:55AM0.08m | 3:13PM-0.17m | 3:41AM-0.07m | 3:59PM-0.20m | 4:25AM-0.18m | 11:43AM1.09m | 4:43PM-0.18m | 00:11AM1.16m | 12:07PM1.09m | 5:27PM-0.10m | 00:41AM1.10m | 12:37PM1.06m | ||||||
W 4 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 6 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 7 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 8 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 10 | WSW 4 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 9 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | SW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 11 | SW 10 | ESE 6 | E 5 | E 5 | E 6 | E 5 | |
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rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | light rain | light rain | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 3 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
Moonrise | 1:02 | — | 2:01 | — | — | 2:45 | — | — | 3:17 | — | — | 3:40 | — | — | 3:58 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:27 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 6:20 |
Moonset | 7:46 | — | 8:47 | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | 12:55 | — | — | 2:22 | — | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | — | 9:46 | — | — | 11:11 | — |
 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:24 |
 | 8:22 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 11.2 °C (Statistics for 28 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 10.4 max: 11.5 min: 8.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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