Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 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 2.1°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 10AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)7771212111113121111111110108999888815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60444356521111092594644824082421981461615851176151477348329317611975
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
S
10
SE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
N
15
W
20
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrossononononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
1.90
5:55PM
1.82
6:21AM
1.88
6:40PM
1.82
7:06AM
1.85
7:30PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
0.23
12:11AM
0.17
12:39PM
0.22
1:00AM
0.19
1:27PM
0.23
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:29--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1--2--------
Temp. °C151518212018171515151814141413121211131414141513
Feels °C (?)15131620181717151513151011109891010101091210
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