Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.7°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 1AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
1.2
NNE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121615141413121212121111711108777717161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5947307341373122587868357941133025119813411275516647364595263402289
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
1.92
6:11AM
1.89
6:35PM
1.91
6:56AM
1.84
7:21PM
1.88
7:42AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.24
12:26PM
0.24
12:52AM
0.29
1:11PM
0.29
1:39AM
0.34
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:45-------7:47-------7:48-
Sunset-7:17-------7:15-------7:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181413131212141619181616151617141312111112121315
Feels °C (?)151212121111131417171313131315121099911111314
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