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 11 Dec 2025 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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.3°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 9AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (11 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.6
E
1
S
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)12121212111111116467777778877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)716968423837372121381592402542451861287929013310877755747
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
SE
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
S
5
N
10
N
0
N
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononoffoffglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
1.89
10:20PM
1.75
10:49AM
1.81
11:19PM
1.71
11:44AM
1.74
12:15AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
0.18
4:10PM
0.23
4:31AM
0.25
5:04PM
0.27
5:25AM
0.32
5:54PM
0.31
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----9:02-------9:04-------9:05--
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------21111-------------
Temp. °C121215151614121212121212121311111111151616141212
Feels °C (?)9912111210101187678119910101414131099
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