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Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 2.0°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: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (18 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)88888887777971212111113121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)581325536287323277191130104826155335652111106402544482465396210152
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
S
15
SE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
25
WSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcrossononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
1.89
5:13PM
1.80
5:38AM
1.90
5:55PM
1.82
6:21AM
1.88
6:40PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
0.19
11:11AM
0.25
11:25PM
0.17
11:54AM
0.23
12:11AM
0.17
12:39PM
0.22
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:32-------8:31-------8:30
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11--------------1------1
Temp. °C141414141516181715151515182120181614151518141613
Feels °C (?)10111314151618161414151416191916151214131310129
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