
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay today (08 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay at 9PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 19 | SSW 19 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 100 | 146 | 180 | 208 | 346 | 419 | 244 | 280 | 226 | 390 | 145 | 194 | 226 | 267 | 466 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 2:13AM1.98m | 2:43PM2.13m | 3:06AM2.01m | 3:34PM2.13m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:05PM0.16m | 8:24AM0.06m | 8:59PM0.11m | 9:18AM0.04m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Feels °C | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | S 19 | SSW 19 |
50 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 100 | 146 | 180 | 208 | 20 | 11 | 244 | 280 | 226 | 157 | 87 | 63 | 44 | 267 | 466 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 19 | SSW 18 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | E 8 |
5 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 52 | 145 | 96 | 169 | 115 | 19 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 21 | S 21 | S 20 | S 20 | S 19 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 17 | S 23 | NNE 6 | S 20 | S 20 | E 8 | NE 9 |
7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 41 | 14 | 124 | 196 | 29 | 12 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | — | — | — | — | NNE 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | ENE 9 | NE 8 | NNE 5 | — | W 4 | SSW 14 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 |
12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 16 | 346 | 419 | 42 | — | 9 | 390 | 114 | 194 | 226 | 194 | 186 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
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