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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 2PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.
Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (19 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
Afternoon (19 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
Evening (19 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Friday 25 | Saturday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 1662 | 1787 | 1695 | 1574 | 1397 | 1337 | 943 | 1129 | 889 | 889 | 821 | 703 | 530 | 450 | 378 | 386 | 334 | 378 | 314 | 236 | 194 | 148 | 148 | 120 | 103 | 198 | 144 | 139 | 110 | 144 | 144 | 523 | 1553 | 1710 | 1576 | 1704 | 1265 | 815 | 693 | 428 | 627 | 1958 | 1769 | 1340 | 1147 | 792 | 640 | 538 | 423 | 432 | 432 | 294 | 224 | 181 | 124 | 341 | 181 | 147 | 174 | 157 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- on | glass | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:28AM 1.49 | 8:56PM 1.63 | 9:18AM 1.49 | 9:45PM 1.64 | 10:07AM 1.51 | 10:35PM 1.68 | 10:57AM 1.56 | 11:25PM 1.74 | 11:47AM 1.65 | 12:14AM 1.81 | 12:38PM 1.75 | 1:05AM 1.89 | 1:29PM 1.87 | 1:55AM 1.95 | 2:22PM 1.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:39PM 0.50 | 3:18AM 0.51 | 3:27PM 0.48 | 4:05AM 0.48 | 4:15PM 0.43 | 4:52AM 0.42 | 5:04PM 0.35 | 5:39AM 0.34 | 5:54PM 0.26 | 6:27AM 0.24 | 6:46PM 0.17 | 7:17AM 0.15 | 7:39PM 0.09 | 8:07AM 0.06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Friday 25 | Saturday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 17 |
Feels °C (?) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
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