- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Surf Forecast
/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
16.8° C
(Which is 3.4°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 2AM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Mar) | 16ft (5.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (27 Mar) | 16ft (5.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (27 Mar) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 981 | 1615 | 2334 | 3968 | 4002 | 4508 | 5821 | 5794 | 5794 | 4476 | 3097 | 2497 | 2110 | 1293 | 1210 | 835 | 573 | 474 | 344 | 222 | 154 | 129 | 367 | 361 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:18AM 2.02 | 12:45PM 1.88 | 1:18AM 2.03 | 1:44PM 1.90 | 2:14AM 2.03 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:55PM 0.18 | 6:34AM 0.23 | 6:54PM 0.18 | 7:32AM 0.22 | 7:52PM 0.17 | 8:28AM 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | |  | |  | |  | | | |  | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest