Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
16.8° C
(Which is 2.0°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 5AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
4
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
!
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
2.3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)79999888881616999131110988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23783811199427084833332021408380808057121161926101310808534350245168112
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
W
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
1.85
7:30PM
1.82
7:56AM
1.80
8:24PM
1.81
8:51AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.19
1:27PM
0.23
1:53AM
0.23
2:19PM
0.25
2:50AM
0.28
3:15PM
0.26
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset-------8:29-------8:27-------8:24
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312121314151415141313151717151312121113151615
Feels °C (?)10991010101191210912141413101010101012121311
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