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 09:05 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun morning). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu morning, light winds from the S by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Sat 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:23PM1.73m | 2:53AM1.77m | 3:09PM1.70m | 3:37AM1.79m | 3:53PM1.70m | 4:19AM1.81m | 4:36PM1.70m | 5:02AM1.84m | 5:18PM1.71m | 5:44AM1.86m | 6:01PM1.71m | 6:26AM1.87m | 6:43PM1.70m | 7:09AM1.86m | 7:26PM1.68m | 7:50AM1.85m | 8:08PM1.66m | 8:32AM1.82m | 8:50PM1.64m | 9:14AM1.80m | 9:34PM1.64m | 9:58AM1.79m | 10:21PM1.65m | 10:45AM1.78m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:29PM0.35m | 8:56AM0.44m | 9:13PM0.38m | 9:43AM0.45m | 9:56PM0.38m | 10:28AM0.44m | 10:39PM0.38m | 11:14AM0.43m | 11:24PM0.37m | 11:59AM0.41m | 00:08AM0.36m | 12:44PM0.40m | 00:52AM0.35m | 1:28PM0.39m | 1:36AM0.35m | 2:12PM0.39m | 2:20AM0.35m | 2:56PM0.38m | 3:05AM0.35m | 3:40PM0.37m | 3:50AM0.35m | 4:24PM0.34m | 4:38AM0.34m | |||||||||||||
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | heavy rain | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | risk tstorm | mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | 31 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | — | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |
max°C | 24 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 |
Moonrise | — | — | 2:49 | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 4:18 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:35 | — | — | 12:45 |
Moonset | 4:37 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — | — | 9:43 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | 11:34 | — | — | 11:58 | — | — | — | 12:20 | — | — | 12:40 |
 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 |
 | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:12 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 17.0° C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 13.0 max: 15.0 min: 11.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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