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 04 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
15.6° 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 8AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (04 Dec)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (04 Dec)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)67999999101010101010109101091212121210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7288232329359385340348319319278246246188161128158358172522650650531324
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
0
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
SE
15
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
2.09
3:34PM
1.97
4:07AM
2.16
4:29PM
1.99
5:03AM
2.19
5:25PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
0.09
9:45PM
-0.00
10:24AM
0.07
10:42PM
-0.02
11:23AM
0.07
11:41PM
-0.02
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:55-------8:57-------8:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101113141515131312131824252421161314161615141313
Feels °C (?)791011121312111010152121191614101214121091011
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