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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	Fri		Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.3 SE	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	6	9	8	9	8	3	8	9	8	8	7	7	10	10	8	9	6	7
Energy(?)	349	985	796	411	101	83	47	938	330	21	104	32	619	335	206	207	87	58	110	70	52	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:18AM 1.74		7:28PM 2.07	7:56AM 1.80		8:24PM 1.81	8:51AM 1.75		9:25PM 1.81	10:14AM 1.72		11:35PM 1.79	12:01PM 1.60		12:35AM 1.72	12:56PM 1.86		1:39AM 2.00		1:59PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		1:20AM 0.20		2:40PM 0.20	1:40AM 0.58		2:40PM 0.23	2:50AM 0.28		4:24PM 0.20	3:51AM 0.31	4:09AM 0.29	4:33PM 0.24		5:54AM 0.20	6:14PM 0.17		6:46AM 0.27		7:15PM 0.17	7:46AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	4
High °C	16	14	14	14	17	18	20	13	15	17	17	15	14	12	15	16	13	21	23	16	10	11
Low °C	16	12	13	14	15	17	17	11	13	17	14	14	14	11	14	14	11	16	20	14	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	12	16	18	20	11	14	16	16	13	13	11	14	15	11	21	23	16	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	6	9	8	8	8	6	8	6	9	8	7	7	10	5	8	9	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	8	7	14	6	13	10	7	9	8	11	10	10	16	10	6	8	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	2.2 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 W	-	2.4 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.9 NNE	1.1 S	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	4	9	-	2	3	2	-	9	-	3	5	4	8	-	-	2	4	-	2	2	7	7

	Friday 20			Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 NE	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	4	8	8	6	9	9	8	8	6	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	393	330	244	875	567	1059	701	549	474	68	208	192	201	56	83	82	64	410	1529	982	683	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)			7:53PM 1.69				7:28AM 1.82				7:30PM 1.82				9:11AM 1.63				9:27PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)									1:27PM 0.23				2:13AM 0.23				3:29PM 0.16				3:47AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	13	10	12	13	14	15	17	15	14	13	14	17	19	19	16	13	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	9	12	13	13	14	16	14	13	12	13	16	19	19	15	12	13	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SE	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	7	9	9	8	8	10	8	6	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 N	0.8 NW	-	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	-	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	9	8	-	-	-	10	4	4	6	4	-	2	3	-	6	10	9	-	-

	Friday 20										Saturday 21
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	7	7	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	9
Energy(?)	467	402	278	344	149	359	440	434	524	311	867	985	985	374	373	370	408	901	877	83	701	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				8:16AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)													1:20AM 0.20	2:09AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	16	18	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	16	17	14	14	12	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-