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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	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	7	6	6	5	16	14	8	13	10	4	12	15	14	12	11	11	11	10	9
Energy(?)	143	89	68	153	48	72	41	68	93	30	185	18	72	257	969	2667	2380	1465	1052	441	344	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:56PM 1.86			12:59AM 1.91		2:03PM 1.86	2:15AM 2.39		3:00PM 1.90	3:23AM 2.09		3:48PM 1.66		4:23AM 2.07	4:41PM 1.77		5:09AM 1.89	5:35PM 1.95		5:15AM 1.98	5:36PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	5:16PM 0.25		6:55AM 0.25	6:33PM 0.20		7:13AM 0.26		7:56PM 0.41	8:34AM 0.42		9:02PM 0.12	9:38AM 0.18		10:05PM 0.09	10:41AM 0.14		10:54PM 0.08	11:28AM 0.13		11:02PM 0.08	11:31AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	19	15	11	11	13	12	14	14	13	16	14	9	9	12	10	13	13	11	17	18
Low °C	14	15	18	12	10	11	13	11	13	14	12	13	8	7	8	12	8	11	11	10	14	18
Chill °C (?)	13	18	19	14	8	9	12	12	14	12	12	16	11	5	5	9	8	13	12	10	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	0.1 E	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	8	8	13	4	4	12	15	11	12	11	11	11	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.7 NE
Period (s)	16	11	10	10	7	9	6	6	14	5	8	10	12	9	9	-	11	11	10	20	18	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	-	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 E
Period (s)	5	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	3	4	14	-	-	-	4	4	9

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 NE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	16	6	9
Energy(?)	121	117	250	501	279	265	62	56	57	54	115	222	264	93	76	53	48	42	13	68	42	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:56PM 1.86				12:53PM 2.26					1:34AM 1.75				1:59PM 1.72				1:57AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.23				6:13AM 0.29					7:06PM 0.19				7:55AM 0.23				8:14PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	7	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	18	16	17	17	19	19	15	13	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	18	16	17	17	19	19	15	11	9	9	9	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	16	16	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25										Thursday 26
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	127	143	148	142	117	117	134	87	105	253	275	501	148	92	96	141	140	124	72	235	237	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:30AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)					5:33PM 0.23													6:52AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	21	15	15	14	20	14	15	17	15	16	19	15	15	17	18	18	15	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	12	21	13	13	12	20	13	14	17	15	16	19	15	14	17	18	18	14	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	16	12	16	16	16	12	12	16	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.3 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3