Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.85° S 172.76° E

Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay sea temperature is
12.1°C
2.5° 

Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay today (06 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay at 9PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)--
Afternoon (06 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (06 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
17
0.5
S
17
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
S
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
85
85
84
90
100
149
132
129
126
80
79
80
79
74
72
71
71
69
158
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:17AM1.86m
1:46PM1.97m
2:09AM1.90m
2:35PM1.98m
Low Tide
7:05PM0.18m
7:24AM0.11m
7:56PM0.14m
8:16AM0.10m
8:45PM0.12m
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:50
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7:40
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7:42
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7:43
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Temp °C
17
15
12
12
11
10
13
15
15
12
11
11
10
9
11
12
11
10
9
Feels °C
15
12
9
9
8
6
9
11
12
9
9
8
8
7
9
10
9
7
6
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