Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
10.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (18 Sep)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
1.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1313799989910101212121212111111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)897135241558137410517216756197258671248115110369468306525442692121317350238
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
35
S
35
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
0
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
N
20
NNE
40
N
45
N
40
N
30
N
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
1.84
1:45PM
1.94
2:04AM
1.85
2:29PM
1.93
2:47AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
0.24
7:25AM
0.17
7:55PM
0.22
8:11AM
0.17
8:39PM
0.22
8:56AM
0.18
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:24-------6:22-------6:20-
Sunset-6:20-------6:21-------6:22------
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
121111------------------
Temp. °C138765678965665812121291313141517
Feels °C (?)111-2-1-1-12471-112149994335810
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 30 km away suggest it is still onshore at Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay (fresh winds from the S at Taylor's Mistake). 2.6m 7s swell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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33 km/h
S
0.0
10.9
Air / Water (°C)
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