Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
15.8° C
(Which is 3.0°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 5AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)66171615141414141411111010101010101067778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)806095183375356285297293269117117115106100102787449188298394444637
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
S
0
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
1.71
7:05PM
1.76
7:26AM
1.64
7:53PM
1.70
8:16AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.35
12:53PM
0.36
1:25AM
0.41
1:41PM
0.42
2:15AM
0.48
2:31PM
0.48
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:48-------7:50-------7:50---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:10-------7:09
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111111111212121212121212131516151515151515161616
Feels °C (?)89991010111011111212131514131312121211121111
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