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 07:52 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Mon morning, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 14–17 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Thu night, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 16 | Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | Monday 26 | Tuesday 27 | Wednesday 28 | Thursday 29 | Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 10:04PM1.66m | 10:31AM1.76m | 10:56PM1.62m | 11:22AM1.73m | 11:47PM1.60m | 12:12PM1.72m | 00:36AM1.59m | 12:59PM1.72m | 1:21AM1.61m | 1:43PM1.73m | 2:05AM1.64m | 2:25PM1.75m | 2:47AM1.69m | 3:07PM1.79m | 3:29AM1.77m | 3:50PM1.83m | 4:14AM1.85m | 4:35PM1.87m | 5:00AM1.94m | 5:22PM1.90m | 5:49AM2.02m | 6:12PM1.93m | 6:41AM2.07m | 7:04PM1.94m | 7:35AM2.10m | 8:00PM1.93m | 8:32AM2.11m | 8:58PM1.92m | 9:32AM2.10m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:58PM0.42m | 4:12AM0.43m | 4:47PM0.45m | 5:00AM0.46m | 5:34PM0.47m | 5:46AM0.46m | 6:20PM0.47m | 6:32AM0.46m | 7:05PM0.45m | 7:17AM0.43m | 7:48PM0.42m | 8:02AM0.39m | 8:31PM0.37m | 8:47AM0.35m | 9:15PM0.31m | 9:35AM0.29m | 10:00PM0.25m | 10:24AM0.24m | 10:47PM0.20m | 11:16AM0.20m | 11:37PM0.15m | 12:10PM0.16m | 00:29AM0.12m | 1:05PM0.14m | 1:24AM0.09m | 2:02PM0.13m | 2:20AM0.08m | 3:00PM0.13m | 3:18AM0.08m | ||||||||||||||||||
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some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | |
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mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
Moonrise | — | — | 10:07 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | 12:10 | — | — | 1:17 | — | — | 2:23 | — | — | — | 3:31 | — | — | 4:40 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | — | 12:18 | — | — | 1:19 | — | — |
Moonset | — | — | 1:48 | — | — | 2:32 | — | — | 3:07 | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 9:48 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
 | 7:52 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:12 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 14.3°C (Statistics for 16 Oct 1981-2005 – mean: 10.1 max: 11.4 min: 8.7°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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