Surf Forecast Surf Report

Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 3.4°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 12AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)--
Afternoon (02 May)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (02 May)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
S
4.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.8
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
2.1
SSW
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
1.2
NNE
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010101110101011111111111110101081516151414141414141212121111111010109121215141313771816161616161615151515181781616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4401412722291945340533163288205919871714151012119726894663714543856511925164512881113115811799467757116044854593752262341861151091232421581029986611741391461441311318477737272160221201198138
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
0
SW
0
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
2.07
7:33AM
1.86
8:08PM
2.01
8:36AM
1.81
9:10PM
1.94
9:38AM
1.77
10:10PM
1.88
10:38AM
1.73
11:07PM
1.83
11:34AM
1.71
11:58PM
1.78
12:24PM
1.69
12:45AM
1.74
1:10PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.14
1:50PM
0.10
2:31AM
0.19
2:50PM
0.16
3:30AM
0.23
3:49PM
0.22
4:27AM
0.26
4:45PM
0.26
5:20AM
0.28
5:38PM
0.30
6:09AM
0.30
6:27PM
0.33
6:54AM
0.32
7:12PM
0.36
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
Sunrise------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-----
Sunset5:29-------5:28-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:21-------5:20---
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Rain (mm)
7631---------------21---------------------------------------
Temp. °C9910101010101111111111101111131413121211111112121110101010111313111111111111141412121211111113141312121212131416151516
Feels °C (?)002222334578798910988889101011988891110888789131310101110991113121091010101114141313
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