Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
17.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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 6AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
1.2
S
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)710101010101066777777776976666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1148888888886110176209213210178156122867764105241854433333
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.94
11:54AM
1.84
12:30AM
1.98
12:56PM
1.86
1:31AM
2.02
1:55PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.28
6:07PM
0.21
6:46AM
0.27
7:06PM
0.19
7:46AM
0.25
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:58--------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------8:21-------8:19-------8:17
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------26211----
Temp. °C121111111314151414151717201815131111101011111312
Feels °C (?)10988910111113151515181613108888991211
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