Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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
15.8° C
(Which is 3.0°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: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
Period(s) (?)1010101099999999999996667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)110296183266952845246538532235229529524622721636245025136345145871512051418
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
onononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
1.60
10:29PM
1.72
10:52AM
1.59
11:18PM
1.72
11:40AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.51
4:06PM
0.51
4:41AM
0.52
4:52PM
0.50
5:28AM
0.51
5:38PM
0.48
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:04-------6:02-------6:00--
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171618212117151415131415151212131313141415151515
Feels °C (?)1414161819151312131213141310910109101012131212
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