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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	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Gore Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	6	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	7	9	11	10	6	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	49	27	29	203	249	176	173	248	414	404	353	243	214	160	124	117	107	404	71	49	153	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 1.69	9:50AM 1.66		11:07PM 1.52	11:28AM 1.56		12:04AM 1.71	12:25PM 1.64		12:13AM 1.62	12:34PM 1.54		1:05AM 1.64		1:23PM 1.56	1:38AM 1.68		1:55PM 1.60	2:22AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 0.30	3:40AM 0.37		4:05PM 0.37		5:18AM 0.37	5:41PM 0.32		6:11AM 0.47	5:27PM 0.49		6:19AM 0.52	6:35PM 0.47		7:48AM 0.45		7:06PM 0.47	7:39AM 0.51		7:52PM 0.43	8:24AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	16	13	13	14	15	16	15	17	18	19	20	20	19	20	18	19	21	17	14	16
Low °C	15	17	13	12	13	12	14	15	14	16	18	17	20	19	16	18	18	17	20	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	17	19	16	12	12	13	15	16	14	17	18	19	20	20	19	20	18	19	21	17	14	16
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	4	6	4	13	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	11	7	7	9	8	10	6	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	4	10	10	10	9	12	12	8	8	5	6	11	9	12	11	11	9	9	-	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.5 NNE	1.4 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	0.7 N	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	5	4	6	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	6	4	2	6	5

	Saturday 07					Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tue
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	10	14	9	9	5	7	7	7	8	9	8	12	10	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	49	128	140	156	169	44	48	56	44	49	223	218	192	176	153	45	236	217	248	451	524	550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:57AM 1.75				9:27PM 1.69	10:15PM 1.55				10:39AM 1.75				10:22PM 1.64				10:24AM 1.58				10:59PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			3:16PM 0.30					4:28AM 0.27			3:45PM 0.39	4:05PM 0.37				5:18AM 0.37				4:36PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	18	17	15	16	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	17	14	16	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	4	12	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	5	13	13	12	12	6	6	6	-	14	9	10	9	9	9	5	9	13	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	4	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	3	4	-	3	3

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	5	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	62	17	49	49	128	27	26	28	59	59	132	156	171	171	169	36	167	131	107	116	117	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:57AM 1.75													9:27PM 1.69	10:14PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)										4:06PM 0.26											3:20AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	16	16	18	19	18	19	19	19	17	16	15	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	16	18	19	18	19	19	19	17	15	14	14	17	15	15	15	15	14	13
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	13	5	5	6	4	4	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	13	6	6	4	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	6	13	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	9	3	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3