Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.81° S 173.11° E)

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Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay sea temperature is 12.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay at 3AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	12s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (22 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	!	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	2	0	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	12	12	12	17	16	15	15	14	14	9	9	8	8	8	14	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	146	513	1798	1340	634	539	306	1098	906	838	678	557	452	1449	580	232	126	50	1658	2044	1868	1854	1622	1190
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	NE	NNW	NW	WNW	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	NW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	E	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 1.77				5:22PM 1.70				5:46AM 1.77				6:05PM 1.66				6:29AM 1.75				6:49PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		10:50PM 0.30				11:16AM 0.34				11:32PM 0.33				12:01PM 0.38				12:15AM 0.37				12:47PM 0.42

		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	10	13	16	16	15	13	13	13	16	18	21	19	17	13	10	10	9	12	11	11	12
Feels °C (?)	7	8	5	6	8	12	14	13	10	9	9	10	12	14	6	8	8	6	6	5	9	7	5	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Cross-off wind 7 km from Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay has become light (light winds from the NNW at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay. 0.8m 9s swell from the NNE with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
42 minutes ago Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay

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Actual: 42 min ago

6 km/h

NNW

Clean

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