Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 06 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
16.0° C
(Which is 3.1°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 12AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
ENE
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)12101111667788899991010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1079028135913830944766790211031221201220142347146319831657142211081019768701702573
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.81
8:20AM
1.68
8:47PM
1.77
9:11AM
1.63
9:38PM
1.74
10:02AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.40
2:16AM
0.44
2:30PM
0.45
3:05AM
0.48
3:18PM
0.49
3:54AM
0.51
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-6:09-------6:07-------6:06------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-----41------------
Temp. °C151415151515151515151515151515182019181818171822
Feels °C (?)14121312121110101091010101213151414141516151519
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