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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 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
18.3° C
 (Which is 4.2°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 6PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212558877789991411109134161569
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5652292826161183117725749614532362922161717878274952104
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
25
SSE
15
ESE
5
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
W
15
NW
20
NW
15
N
30
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
15
NW
20
W
15
N
35
NW
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffcross-
off		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
1.82
9:43PM
1.71
10:09AM
1.73
10:41PM
1.66
11:05AM
1.65
11:39PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.26
3:56AM
0.32
4:26PM
0.33
4:49AM
0.40
5:16PM
0.38
5:42AM
0.46
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---9:13-------9:13-------9:12----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------31
Temp. °C231919171514141518252725212122222527262219151212
Feels °C (?)2115171612121213172424211815151618252421121177
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