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 05:41 AM and sunset is at 09:06 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 5:22PM1.98m | 5:54AM2.17m | 6:16PM1.97m | 6:47AM2.15m | 7:10PM1.94m | 7:40AM2.11m | 8:03PM1.89m | 8:33AM2.04m | 8:56PM1.84m | 9:25AM1.96m | 9:50PM1.77m | 10:16AM1.88m | 10:44PM1.72m | 11:07AM1.81m | 11:37PM1.68m | 11:58AM1.74m | 00:29AM1.66m | 12:47PM1.69m | 1:19AM1.66m | 1:35PM1.66m | 2:06AM1.68m | 2:22PM1.65m | 2:52AM1.72m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:20AM0.12m | 11:37PM0.04m | 12:16PM0.12m | 00:32AM0.06m | 1:11PM0.14m | 1:26AM0.09m | 2:04PM0.17m | 2:19AM0.14m | 2:56PM0.20m | 3:10AM0.20m | 3:46PM0.25m | 4:01AM0.27m | 4:35PM0.29m | 4:50AM0.34m | 5:23PM0.34m | 5:39AM0.40m | 6:09PM0.37m | 6:27AM0.44m | 6:54PM0.40m | 7:15AM0.48m | 7:38PM0.42m | 8:03AM0.49m | 8:23PM0.42m | |||||||||||||
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cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | light rain | |
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— | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | |
max°C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 13 |
Moonrise | — | — | 9:25 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:15 | — | — | 11:52 | — | — | — | 12:20 | — | — | 12:42 | — | — | 1:01 | — | — | 1:18 | — | — | 1:34 | — | — | 1:52 | — | — | 2:10 | — | — |
Moonset | 4:42 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 10:20 | — | — | 11:28 | — | — | 12:32 | — | — | 1:34 | — | — | 2:36 | — | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 4:44 | — |
 | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:12 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 18.0 °C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 13.0 max: 15.0 min: 11.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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