Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay at 11AM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)8s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
NE
2.4
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)56778889999910101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11127543455690211321695201215751611168917641419129911961003924800747669554455385377
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
1.68
8:47PM
1.77
9:11AM
1.63
9:38PM
1.74
10:02AM
1.60
10:29PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.44
2:30PM
0.45
3:05AM
0.48
3:18PM
0.49
3:54AM
0.51
4:06PM
0.51
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:04--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------31---------------
Temp. °C151515151515151414141517211919191819192122181514
Feels °C (?)11101010101010910101314161415151415161820171312
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