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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	1	3	3	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.3 SE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	8	9	9	8	14	12	10	8	7	7	11	5	6	10	4	5	6	5
Energy(?)	158	702	233	175	751	966	424	173	199	347	1001	299	100	111	33	112	163	130	74	174	80	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:30AM 1.76		7:53PM 1.69	7:28AM 1.82		8:43PM 2.29	7:29AM 2.06		9:40PM 1.64	8:23AM 2.00		10:26PM 1.92	10:14AM 1.72		10:31PM 1.82	10:27AM 2.05		11:56PM 1.86	12:56PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 0.18			2:09AM 0.18		1:48PM 0.22	2:45AM 0.43		2:40PM 0.23	3:58AM 0.18		4:24PM 0.20		4:09AM 0.29	4:15PM 0.27		4:25AM 0.86	6:14PM 0.15		6:46AM 0.27	6:33PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	16	19	13	14	14	15	18	18	13	16	18	16	17	16	12	16	17	14	17	18
Low °C	17	15	15	18	12	13	14	13	16	15	12	15	17	14	16	15	11	14	16	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	16	15	19	11	13	12	13	18	17	11	16	18	15	15	15	12	15	16	13	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 ENE	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	12	11	11	10	9	9	6	6	8	10	8	7	7	6	10	6	6	9	5	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	15	14	10	10	9	8	9	6	8	13	13	11	11	5	10	10	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	-	0.6 NNE	1.4 N	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NW	1.2 S	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	8	-	3	6	3	12	-	-	3	4	3	5	-	2	4	5	-	-

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 SSW	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	9	10	9	9	8	5	6	8	6	6
Energy(?)	89	171	255	702	502	737	602	213	154	330	256	561	977	1363	935	588	357	134	241	173	310	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:42AM 1.85					7:55PM 1.59				7:28AM 1.82				8:46PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				12:31AM 0.18	1:19AM 0.18							12:46AM 0.51	2:12AM 0.20				1:27PM 0.23				2:52AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	17	15	17	15	17	18	19	15	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	20	15	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	24	21	17	15	16	15	17	17	19	15	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	20	15	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 S	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	10	6	10	10	9	9	8	5	6	6	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	13	8	6	7	10	4	14	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.6 S	-	-	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 N	1.3 NNE	0.6 NW
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	4

	Thursday 19										Friday 20
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	11	14	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	87	125	125	175	126	185	182	114	124	345	462	129	277	764	728	512	571	202	396	737	618	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	off	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																			7:32AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)													1:22AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	23	19	23	17	16	18	15	16	17	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	19	23	17	16	18	15	16	17	13	15	15	15	15	15	12	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	8	14	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	3	4	4	4