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Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Surf Forecast
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Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Dec) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (05 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Evening (05 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 274 | 268 | 232 | 203 | 217 | 184 | 157 | 225 | 167 | 435 | 199 | 437 | 490 | 558 | 386 | 318 | 144 | 141 | 108 | 103 | 73 | 51 | 50 | 35 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:07AM 2.16 | 4:29PM 1.99 | 5:03AM 2.19 | 5:25PM 2.00 | 5:59AM 2.18 | 6:22PM 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:24AM 0.07 | 10:42PM -0.02 | 11:23AM 0.07 | 11:41PM -0.02 | 12:22PM 0.08 | 12:40AM 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Mon 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:59 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 11 |
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