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.

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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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	Thu	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 S	1.5 S	3.5 S	1.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1057	1568	2074	777	557	711	491	5363	1271	149	2297	717	1200	1788	1597	570	418	259	118	60	76	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:44AM 1.85		9:07PM 1.73	9:31AM 1.82		10:00PM 1.52	10:21AM 1.81		10:42PM 1.81	11:06AM 1.81		10:30PM 2.11	10:32AM 2.05		12:42AM 1.92		1:12PM 1.60	12:31AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.23	2:10PM 1.72	2:44AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	2:33AM 0.25		3:09PM 0.29	3:25AM 0.28		3:53PM 0.25		4:16AM 0.29	4:44PM 0.26		4:59AM 0.31	5:25PM 0.26		4:30AM 0.82	5:46PM 0.24		7:06AM 0.27			6:45AM 0.82		8:21PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	6	5	1	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	15	13	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	15	13	14	14	13	17	19	16	23	16	13
Low °C	15	18	14	12	12	13	13	15	15	13	14	14	12	13	14	12	15	18	14	19	14	12
Chill °C (?)	16	19	14	11	9	11	10	15	15	14	14	15	12	14	13	12	17	18	16	23	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	1.7 SSE	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	15	7	10	13	9	10	9	10	19	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	5	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	0.5 W	3.5 S	0.8 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	2.2 S	2.1 S	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	-	0.9 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	7	8	9	4	13	4	11	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	4	5	-	4	-

	Thu	Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	0	2	3	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	0.8 E	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	4.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	10	8	10	9	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1630	1057	1113	1056	1072	1428	1275	815	543	1500	1427	1340	631	210	324	1117	142	491	613	5575	1041	1448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:20PM 1.58				8:44AM 1.85				9:05PM 1.74				7:54AM 2.07				9:57PM 1.75					10:24AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			2:36AM 0.27				3:08PM 0.24				3:12AM 0.29				3:05PM 0.30				2:43AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	2	1	-	-	1	1	4	6	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	15	18	20	19	14	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	18	20	19	13	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	11	11	10	7	8	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 W	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	4.0 S	-	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	7	8	8	3	8	8	4	4	3	12	-	4

	Thursday 22				Friday 23
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	0	2	3	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1399	786	820	938	992	1819	1693	1094	733	2841	2889	2937	551	554	2665	2701	955	1428	593	583	1275	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 1.72											7:06AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)								2:36AM 0.27											1:30PM 0.63		3:07PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	17	17	20	19	14	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	12	17	17	20	19	12	12	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-