Route · NZ

Christchurch to Dunedin

1 operator run this water, from 55 min.

Getting from Christchurch to Dunedin

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Air New Zealand CHC → DUD 328 km non-stop AT7 DH3 in the air 2 h 25 est. rate not held 360 km/h average

Other ways to reach Dunedin

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Dunedin without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Wellington – Dunedin 1 h 17 Air New Zealand

Auckland – Dunedin 1 h 50 Air New Zealand

Lautoka – Dunedin 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Cairns – Dunedin 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Hobart – Dunedin 624 h 00 Aurora Expeditions

And other ways to reach Christchurch

Hokitika – Christchurch 41 min Air New Zealand

Nelson – Christchurch 49 min Air New Zealand

Wellington – Christchurch 53 min Air New Zealand

Queenstown – Christchurch 56 min Air New Zealand

Palmerston North – Christchurch 1 h 03 Air New Zealand

Invercargill – Christchurch 1 h 05 Air New Zealand

New Plymouth – Christchurch 1 h 09 Air New Zealand

Napier – Christchurch 1 h 13 Air New Zealand

Hamilton – Christchurch 1 h 20 Air New Zealand

Rotorua – Christchurch 1 h 21 Air New Zealand

Where else these quays go

Also from Christchurch

Auckland · Brisbane · Gold Coast · Hamilton · Hokitika · Invercargill · Melbourne · Nadi · Napier · Nelson · New Plymouth · Palmerston North · Queenstown · Rotorua

Also from Dunedin

Auckland · Cairns · Hobart · Lautoka · Wellington

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Christchurch–Dunedin crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.