Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.0°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 10AM is: 2.2m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)7ft (2.2m)6s
Afternoon (11 Apr)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
2
2
2
4
3
3
!
!
!
!
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.9
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.4
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
NE
3
NE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.1
E
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)9667788899999910101112131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45021336648352072111581489167113681488135112759171016113017753368434340413578265711661208
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
N
10
NE
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
1.59
12:04AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.51
5:38PM
0.48
6:12AM
0.47
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:00------5:59-------5:58---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131414141515151515151516161516151513141717181616
Feels °C (?)101111111213131213121214141516141310131515131010
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