Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
NE
1.4
N
0.6
S
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)14131212121211117510877771816151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12259876835794113302511981259075577146354561201316305273236236285
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
25
NNW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
1.89
6:35PM
1.91
6:56AM
1.84
7:21PM
1.88
7:42AM
1.78
8:08PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
0.24
12:52AM
0.29
1:11PM
0.29
1:39AM
0.34
1:56PM
0.34
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise--7:45-------7:47-------7:48-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121214161818161514161613121111111112121213121212
Feels °C (?)1111131417171312111214108899910101012111111
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