Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 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 3.5°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 9PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)--
Afternoon (05 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
SE
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.6
N
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)1010109911912121212121299995555558
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2412461921541882802484445314753342672501131088278777775108113146143
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
5
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
5
N
5
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
2.28
6:21PM
2.07
6:55AM
2.28
7:19PM
2.06
7:52AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:38PM
-0.03
12:19PM
0.04
12:37AM
-0.04
1:18PM
0.04
1:35AM
-0.02
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset-8:54-------8:55-------8:57------
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C252421161213151515141315182022242422202019191813
Feels °C (?)211916158101211109101517171819171514141313159
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