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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Trolley's Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Kairaki Beach 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	Smithfield Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	2	4	5	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 SE	0.3 ESE	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	8	8	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	773	2143	456	720	480	1560	572	3936	317	233	1179	1212	1003	1899	613	454	321	87	53	162	48	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 1.73	9:32AM 1.69		9:55PM 1.76	10:20AM 2.22		10:42PM 1.81	9:36AM 2.02		10:30PM 2.11	10:32AM 2.05		12:48AM 1.67	11:34AM 2.12	1:12PM 1.69	1:47AM 1.83	12:39PM 2.23		1:25AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		3:09PM 0.29	3:25AM 0.28		3:55PM 0.27			4:33PM 0.28			4:02PM 0.62		4:30AM 0.82	6:21PM 0.23		5:37AM 0.86		7:24PM 0.16	6:45AM 0.82	6:55PM 0.65		7:42AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	5	3	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
High °C	19	15	13	13	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	12	17	18	16	22	23	18	14
Low °C	17	14	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	15	15	13	13	14	12	15	17	13	19	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	14	11	12	14	12	14	14	14	16	16	13	13	13	11	17	18	16	22	23	17	12
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	15	15	8	7	10	10	9	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	8	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 SE	1.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	9	7	8	8	9	12	12	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	3	5	-	10	6	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	2	3	5	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.6 E	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.2 SSE	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1113	1056	1071	1428	659	1224	1244	1608	1579	757	720	565	480	1112	455	1560	442	545	3587	3435	442	2556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:44AM 1.85				9:07PM 2.14				7:54AM 2.07				10:00PM 1.52				8:44AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	2:36AM 0.27				3:08PM 0.28				3:12AM 0.29				2:17PM 0.63					4:13AM 0.26			3:07PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	1	1	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	18	20	17	14	13	12	12	11	12	13	14	13	14	14	12	13	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	20	16	13	12	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	12	13	11	12	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	15	11	11	11	8	8	8	7	10	12	10	9	9	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	4	4	12	12	-	12

	Friday 23
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	2	3	5	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1075	1094	1113	1754	763	777	797	2736	2735	551	551	586	610	2312	1275	705	1475	1514	508	546	480	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:34AM 1.87											7:36PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		2:36AM 0.27											1:30PM 0.63	2:56PM 0.30	3:08PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	14	14	14	14	17	19	13	15	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	12	12	12	12	17	19	11	13	12	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	16	15	15	15	9	-	9	9	15	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	15	10	10	6	6	7	7