Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay at 6AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111101055661716151414141411111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2021581148274514883723195183300361289297293117117117117106102102
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
SW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
0
WSW
5
SW
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassononglassglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
1.77
6:19PM
1.81
6:39AM
1.71
7:05PM
1.76
7:26AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.28
12:08PM
0.29
12:37AM
0.35
12:53PM
0.36
1:25AM
0.41
1:41PM
0.42
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----7:48-------7:48-------7:50---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:13-------7:10
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161516161614131211111111121313121212111213141414
Feels °C (?)1311131414111099999101211111111101113141212
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