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Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Surf Forecast
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Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay at 7PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 61 | 461 | 75 | 452 | 741 | 819 | 509 | 452 | 632 | 668 | 544 | 1290 | 1170 | 1039 | 933 | 805 | 652 | 482 | 408 | 424 | 499 | 445 | 1019 | 1216 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:08AM 1.89 | 2:35PM 2.00 | 2:56AM 1.89 | 3:20PM 1.98 | 3:41AM 1.89 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:59PM 0.24 | 8:16AM 0.19 | 8:49PM 0.23 | 9:06AM 0.20 | 9:35PM 0.24 | 9:53AM 0.22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury
The wind is still cross-off at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay (near gales from the S at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay). 1.1m 12s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 25 min ago
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