Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Surf Forecast

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Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

12 Day Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 07 Nov 2025 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 14.3° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay this week:

The surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay over the next 12 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Nov 08) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 10s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.

The most powerful waves expected at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay in the next 12 days are 2.2m 8s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Nov 11) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.5m 6s period and expected on Wednesday (Nov 12) at 10AM.

Wave Type	Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height & Period
Next good surf (1 star+)	1AM (Sat 8th Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m) 10s
Best Surf	7PM (Sat 8th Nov)	2ft (0.6m) 15s
Most Powerful	7AM (Tue 11th Nov)	7ft (2.2m) 8s

Table - best surf conditions forecast for Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay over the next 12 days.

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	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.											Days 3-6 Weather Summary Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 07		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	ENE	E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	15	14	16	14	14	13	12	11	10	8	8	7	13	6	8	6	6	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	115	110	71	107	250	204	154	198	109	100	157	547	265	88	33	271	204	135	112	83	58
Wind (km/h)	ENE	N	WNW	E	W	WNW	ENE	NE	N	N	SSW	SSW	SSE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NW	ENE	WNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:14AM 2.15	6:39PM 1.95		7:14AM 2.11		7:40PM 1.90	8:16AM 2.05		8:43PM 1.85	9:19AM 1.98		9:48PM 1.81	10:23AM 1.92		10:52PM 1.78	11:23AM 1.87		11:51PM 1.76	12:18PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 0.00	12:38PM 0.09		12:58AM 0.03		1:40PM 0.13	2:00AM 0.08		2:42PM 0.17	3:02AM 0.13		3:42PM 0.20		4:03AM 0.17	4:41PM 0.23		5:01AM 0.21	5:37PM 0.24		5:57AM 0.25

	Fri 07		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	18	18	16	16	17	14	21	20	18	12	12	10	12	13	13	16	17	14	19
Feels °C (?)	15	12	17	16	14	15	15	12	17	15	14	8	9	7	7	8	12	15	14	11	11

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