Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.8°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 2PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121212121615151413121212121111111110777619
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102883069968759473073413921225987683579411330251198151112749164472872
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
N
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
15
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
1.94
5:50PM
1.92
6:11AM
1.89
6:35PM
1.91
6:56AM
1.84
7:21PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
0.21
12:05AM
0.24
12:26PM
0.24
12:52AM
0.29
1:11PM
0.29
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:43-------7:45-------7:47-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:15-------7:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111114181713131212121417191816151615171915121111
Feels °C (?)8912161511121111111415171713121413141712988
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