Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	10	9	17	16	16	17	14	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	211	158	63	226	239	227	69	69	54	865	1813	208	710	563	764	1375	1700	1046	806	795	588	550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:51PM 1.79	7:21AM 1.55		7:46PM 1.68	8:54AM 1.38		9:17PM 1.73	8:19AM 1.97		9:59PM 1.59	9:37AM 1.53		10:36PM 1.74	11:11AM 1.51		10:29PM 1.68	11:17AM 1.66		11:39PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47PM 0.41	2:13AM 0.42		1:32PM 0.42	2:09AM 0.45		3:04PM 0.42			3:44PM 0.38		3:35AM 0.42	3:47PM 0.41		5:02AM 0.33	4:35PM 0.38		5:05AM 0.33	5:27PM 0.33		5:53AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	14	16	15	15	13	11	10	8	10	8	13	14	11	9	9	11	13	13	11	11
Low °C	11	16	14	15	15	13	12	11	6	6	8	7	11	12	8	8	8	9	11	12	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	15	14	15	11	10	8	5	10	6	12	14	8	8	8	10	13	13	10	11
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	0.3 SSW	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	12	8	7	9	9	10	10	9	17	16	16	17	14	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	8	8	10	12	4	9	10	19	14	3	13	12	12	17	16	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 NNE	0.8 N	1.3 NE	0.4 NW	-	0.2 SSW	-	2.1 S	2.5 S	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 W	0.7 S	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	3	4	8	4	-	3	-	9	10	-	3	3	4	-	9	-	-	-	5	3

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	9
Energy	88	269	211	216	158	117	312	63	339	340	226	267	239	256	265	227	43	73	69	71	69	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	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	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:37AM 1.58				7:03PM 1.72				7:21AM 1.55				7:46PM 1.68				8:54AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	1:28AM 0.42				12:47PM 0.41				1:24AM 0.45				1:32PM 0.42				2:56AM 0.43					3:04PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	8	12	11	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	10	9	13	15	16	15	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	15	12	12	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	10	9	9	9	9	11	9	8	8	12	8	8	12	12	8	14	11	10	10	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.2 NNW	1.0 N	0.4 NNE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.8 N	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 W	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	6	3	4	3	9	8	4	8	8	-	-	4	-	3	-	3	3	4

	Thursday 04
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	112	114	88	88	86	269	248	229	211	207	220	216	243	176	158	158	202	117	87	312	312	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							6:37AM 1.58													7:03PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28AM 0.42											12:28PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	6	6	6	6	10	10	8	9	10	10	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	4	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	3	3	4	4	4