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 06:07 AM and sunset is at 09:08 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the ENE by Sun afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Mon 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:15AM2.04m | 7:35PM1.85m | 8:02AM1.97m | 8:24PM1.80m | 8:50AM1.90m | 9:14PM1.75m | 9:38AM1.82m | 10:04PM1.70m | 10:26AM1.75m | 10:56PM1.66m | 11:16AM1.69m | 11:48PM1.64m | 12:07PM1.64m | 00:39AM1.65m | 12:57PM1.61m | 1:29AM1.67m | 1:46PM1.61m | 2:16AM1.71m | 2:33PM1.63m | 3:01AM1.76m | 3:17PM1.66m | 3:45AM1.82m | 4:00PM1.71m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:37PM0.22m | 1:50AM0.19m | 2:25PM0.24m | 2:38AM0.24m | 3:11PM0.28m | 3:26AM0.31m | 3:57PM0.32m | 4:13AM0.37m | 4:42PM0.37m | 5:01AM0.43m | 5:28PM0.41m | 5:50AM0.48m | 6:13PM0.44m | 6:39AM0.51m | 6:59PM0.46m | 7:28AM0.52m | 7:45PM0.46m | 8:17AM0.51m | 8:31PM0.43m | 9:05AM0.48m | 9:17PM0.39m | 9:53AM0.42m | |||||||||||||
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clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | cloudy | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | |
max°C | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 26 |
Moonrise | — | — | 10:43 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | 11:22 | — | — | 11:38 | — | — | 11:55 | — | — | — | 12:13 | — | — | 12:34 | — | — | 12:58 | — | — | 1:29 | — | — | 2:10 | — | — | 3:01 | — |
Moonset | 8:00 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 10:17 | — | — | 11:20 | — | — | 12:23 | — | — | 1:26 | — | — | 2:29 | — | — | — | 3:34 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 7:45 |
 | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — |
 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 9:01 | — | 9:00 |
Today's sea temperature in Christchurch is 15.6 °C (Statistics for 16 Jan 1981-2005 – mean: 14.6 max: 16.5 min: 13.0°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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