Canterbury Surf

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

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Canterbury Wavefinder

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	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	11	12	11	10	10	15	14	14	12	11	11	10	15	14	18	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	386	450	1559	3888	2212	1605	612	209	2937	1097	1078	635	210	319	277	314	147	104	132	81	76	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:19AM	7:46PM	8:19AM		7:47PM	8:16AM		9:50PM	10:14AM		10:53PM	11:16AM	7:51PM	11:42PM		12:10PM	12:34AM		1:21PM	11:46PM
Low Tide / height (m)		1:38PM	2:05AM		1:16PM	1:34AM	12:13PM	2:20PM		4:04AM	4:23PM		5:07AM	5:24PM		6:00AM		6:16PM	6:25AM	6:24PM 10:59PM		6:21AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	16	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	10	11	8	13	14	12	11	11	10	13	14	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	15
Low °C	8	8	8	9	11	7	9	13	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	11	12	10	11	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	8	5	13	14	11	10	11	9	13	14	11	11	13	11	12	13	12	15
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	16	14	14	12	11	11	10	15	6	6	6	7	4	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	14	13	14	12	11	11	8	15	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	14	18	16	16	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SSE	2.4 SSW	0.5 W	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	-	1.1 NE	1.2 NNE	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	0.7 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	10	10	9	11	8	3	-	-	15	-	-	-	3	3	-	5	6	2	3	-	4	4

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	1	0	1	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	386	745	450	437	1437	1559	530	551	3888	2343	2212	1141	2169	1605	1256	903	612	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:20AM 2.44				6:44PM 2.49				8:19AM 1.80				8:51PM 1.96					9:19AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			1:25PM 0.35				12:40AM 0.54				2:26PM 0.08					3:14AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	9	6	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	8	8	7	7	9	13
Chill °C (?)	6	3	4	6	5	6	6	7	5	8	8	8	5	6	5	5	8	13
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.9 SE	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	10	13	11	14	14	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SE	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.6 SSW	0.5 S	4.0 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	10	3	9	9	7	13	11	8	8	4	-	3	3	3	-	-