Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
!
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313988991010101010999991413579109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)45835933225918622322119617513210910069112706473135173178515140719891467
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
45
NW
30
N
30
N
30
N
40
NW
15
WNW
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
0
W
10
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
1.91
11:32PM
1.78
12:06PM
1.93
12:28AM
1.81
12:58PM
1.94
1:19AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.28
5:40AM
0.20
6:16PM
0.26
6:34AM
0.18
7:08PM
0.24
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise6:30-------6:28-------6:26-------
Sunset---6:17-------6:19-------6:20----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------3421-
Temp. °C1212121011131614161819151212121112111387666
Feels °C (?)109868868101212121010968101021012
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay (near gales from the E at CHGPC Allandale 26 km from Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay). 1.2m 9s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 11s groundswell, also from the ESE as well as a 0.3m 2s local chop, also from the SE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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57 km/h
E
0.0
10.4
Air / Water (°C)
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