Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
16.5° 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 11PM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)--
Afternoon (27 Mar)16ft (5.0m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)15ft (4.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
NE
5
ENE
4
ENE
4
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
2.3
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
NE
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010109999881012121212121211111717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5980520536483228200913841229903644484387268154123308367361361355343331273399596
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
2.03
1:44PM
1.90
2:14AM
2.03
2:39PM
1.91
3:06AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54PM
0.18
7:32AM
0.22
7:52PM
0.17
8:28AM
0.20
8:47PM
0.16
9:20AM
0.19
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise------7:37-------7:39-------7:41-
Sunset-7:28-------7:27-------7:24------
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718202019202120161515141415161816181817161816
Feels °C (?)111415161515182019141414131314161817181716151714
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