Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay today (08 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay at 11PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 19 | SSW 19 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 66 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 33 | 50 | 62 | 111 | 161 | 181 | 185 | 134 | 109 | 147 | 290 | 242 | 263 | 265 | 583 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross-off | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 1:24AM1.92m | 1:54PM2.06m | 2:14AM1.97m | 2:43PM2.07m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:14PM0.15m | 7:32AM0.04m | 8:05PM0.10m | 8:24AM0.01m | 8:55PM0.07m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Feels °C | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | SSW 14 | E 8 | S 19 | SSW 19 |
| kJ | 66 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 33 | 50 | 62 | 111 | 19 | 19 | 185 | 134 | 109 | 85 | 63 | 154 | 32 | 265 | 583 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | SW 13 | NE 8 | ENE 4 | ENE 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 12 | S 18 | S 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | E 16 | E 8 | S 20 | SSW 14 | E 8 |
| kJ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 36 | 68 | 147 | 5 | 46 | 188 | 116 | 19 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | NE 7 | S 12 | ENE 8 | ENE 4 | S 20 | S 20 | S 19 | S 19 | SW 12 | SSW 18 | S 8 | S 16 | S 22 | E 16 | S 20 | E 16 | E 8 | E 16 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 61 | 10 | 47 | 38 | 5 | 123 | 5 | 30 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | — | — | NE 3 | NNE 3 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | — | NW 3 | W 3 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 161 | 181 | — | 5 | 5 | 92 | 290 | 242 | 263 | 261 | 265 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
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