Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 8PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101010101010101010101010966
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)757643521492410392333200200169197159163163169135132132105105817683128
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40PM
1.92
7:05AM
1.86
7:34PM
1.93
8:00AM
1.82
8:33PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
0.14
1:01AM
0.15
1:23PM
0.14
1:58AM
0.18
2:19PM
0.16
2:57AM
0.22
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--------7:31-------7:31-------
Sunset---7:38-------7:37-------7:35----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121414121212121214161614131313121415151413131313
Feels °C (?)101211999101013151513121312111313121211111213
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