Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 05 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
16.2° C
(Which is 3.3°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 9PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.4
NE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)14141414131111111210556777788910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26929723622320491889110758841202464004815568101151149722953605388024482077
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
1.85
7:30AM
1.73
7:57PM
1.81
8:20AM
1.68
8:47PM
1.77
9:11AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.34
1:27AM
0.39
1:43PM
0.40
2:16AM
0.44
2:30PM
0.45
3:05AM
0.48
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:48-------6:50-------6:52-
Sunset-6:10-------6:09-------6:07------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------56----
Temp. °C121211111212131515141515151515151515151515151719
Feels °C (?)910910111113151412121211111010101091010121214
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