Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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 4AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
ENE
1.6
NE
1.9
ENE
2.2
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)77181615151414141413111111121256677788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)221862134246305269297236223204918891107107741542684126777158831211
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
1.88
7:42AM
1.78
8:08PM
1.85
8:30AM
1.73
8:57PM
1.81
9:20AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.34
1:56PM
0.34
2:27AM
0.39
2:43PM
0.40
3:16AM
0.44
3:30PM
0.45
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:48-------7:48-------7:50---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:10-------7:08
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C111111111212131212121213141415151515151515151515
Feels °C (?)899910101110101111131413141212111111101099
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