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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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 S	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	4	5	14	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1784	1156	953	502	99	49	233	223	39	38	84	223	298	561	699	604	343	171	76	258	308	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 1.71		1:24AM 1.74	12:52PM 1.59	1:07PM 1.59	1:38AM 1.66		1:40PM 1.60	2:24AM 1.70		2:40PM 1.60	3:08AM 1.74		4:06PM 1.68		4:33AM 1.83	4:49PM 1.70		4:30AM 1.81	4:44PM 1.67		5:11AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		6:59PM 0.40		6:34AM 0.49		7:11PM 0.42	7:42AM 0.49		7:56PM 0.42	8:29AM 0.48		8:41PM 0.40	9:15AM 0.46		10:09PM 0.39	10:44AM 0.44		9:49PM 0.34	10:42AM 0.39		10:31PM 0.30	11:24AM 0.36
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	28	15	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	17	18	16	17	17	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	13	11	15
Low °C	12	14	12	15	17	13	15	16	15	15	13	14	15	14	13	14	15	12	13	13	10	13
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	17	18	16	17	17	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	11	10	14
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.2 S	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	10	11	10	10	10	7	7	9	9	14	14	13	12	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	6	10	5	6	6	9	9	5	14	14	-	13	12	-	-	-	14	14	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	-	-	-

	Monday 12					Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	1784	1444	1160	821	1129	953	735	574	502	441	342	279	226	49	53	55	55	143	223	201	106	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:51PM 1.71				12:49AM 1.64					1:07PM 1.59				2:21AM 1.73				1:55PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				6:05PM 0.42				6:34AM 0.49					7:11PM 0.42				8:25AM 0.49				7:38PM 0.43
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	14	12	13	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	17	18	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	12	15	13	10	11	12	13	14	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	17	18	17	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	10	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	7	9	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	6	13	10	10	10	13	5	5	6	6	6	6	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	8

	Monday 12																Tuesday 13
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1792	1768	1784	2040	1584	1426	1426	2852	1156	943	917	816	816	72	92	92	135	998	847	831	686	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:16PM 1.61												12:33AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)												6:23PM 0.40
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	14	14	12	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	10	10	10	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	4	4	3	4

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