Christchurch Tides
High and low tide times for Christchurch today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
Christchurch tide times today
Tide times for Lyttelton, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
Christchurch tide chart
Best fishing times in Christchurch today
Solunar bite times: major 10:36am and 10:58pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 4:43am and 4:40pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in Christchurch this week
Biggest tides around Thu 29 Oct| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Fri 23 Oct | 2:30am 2.2 m2:53pm 2.2 m | 8:38am 0.7 m9:06pm 0.6 m | 1.6 m |
| Sat 24 Oct | 3:15am 2.2 m3:38pm 2.3 m | 9:28am 0.7 m9:52pm 0.6 m | 1.7 m |
| Sun 25 Oct | 4:01am 2.3 m4:23pm 2.3 m | 10:18am 0.6 m10:39pm 0.5 m | 1.8 m |
| Mon 26 Oct | 4:50am 2.4 m5:11pm 2.4 m | 11:08am 0.5 m11:28pm 0.5 m | 1.9 m |
| Tue 27 Oct | 5:41am 2.5 m6:03pm 2.4 m | 12:00pm 0.5 m | 2.0 m |
| Wed 28 Oct | 6:35am 2.5 m6:58pm 2.4 m | 12:19am 0.4 m12:52pm 0.4 m | 2.1 m |
| Thu 29 Oct | 7:30am 2.6 m7:56pm 2.4 m | 1:12am 0.4 m1:46pm 0.4 m | 2.2 m |
Christchurch tides: common questions
Christchurch has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Christchurch tide times before you head out helps with fishing, boating, launching, gathering shellfish and beach access. These are live high and low tide predictions for Lyttelton, and update automatically.
When is high tide in Christchurch today?
Today at Lyttelton (the standard port for Christchurch), high tide is at 2:30am (2.2 m) and 2:53pm (2.2 m), and low tide is at 8:38am (0.7 m) and 9:06pm (0.6 m). The whole week is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in Christchurch?
Christchurch has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 1.6 m between high and low water. Ranges are largest around spring tides (near the new and full moon) and smallest around neap tides, so the figure changes through the month.
How often do the tides change in Christchurch?
There are about two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, so tides turn roughly every 6 hours 12 minutes and each one is about 50 minutes later than the day before.
When is the best time to fish in Christchurch?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 1:30am to 3:30am, 7:38am to 9:38am, 1:53pm to 3:53pm, 8:06pm to 10:06pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 10:36am and 10:58pm.
Where do these Christchurch tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Lyttelton, the nearest standard port to Christchurch, and update automatically. Sunrise, sunset and moon times come from MET Norway. Predicted times can vary slightly from the real tide in strong wind or unusual barometric pressure.