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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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough 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	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	0.5 SE	1.8 NE	3.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	9	12	12	14	13	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	15	13	13
Energy(?)	107	114	586	674	700	1290	1017	444	204	310	1284	732	317	274	183	200	191	167	85	232	521	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:53PM 1.99	1:34AM 1.81		2:43PM 1.97	2:56AM 1.89		3:24PM 1.68		3:47AM 1.69	3:28PM 1.87		3:29AM 1.84	3:50PM 1.85		4:30AM 1.78	4:51PM 1.77		5:13AM 1.76	5:34PM 1.71	6:23PM 1.63	6:49AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			7:25PM 0.23	8:25AM 0.19		8:49PM 0.23	9:06AM 0.20		9:35PM 0.24	9:58AM 0.20		9:21PM 0.23	9:38AM 0.21		11:14PM 0.26	10:43AM 0.27		11:04PM 0.29	11:28AM 0.32		12:39AM 0.30
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	7	8	8	7	10	14	13	17	14	13	13	13	11	13	12	10	12	12	10	13
Low °C	14	9	5	8	6	6	9	14	11	14	14	10	11	11	10	12	11	8	10	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	3	5	8	3	9	13	10	16	13	12	13	13	10	13	12	9	12	11	10	13
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.8 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	6	12	10	9	12	12	14	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	1.2 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	13	10	8	-	6	7	13	18	16	15	15	14	13	12	14	11	16	11	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.1 NNE	1.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.8 NE	3.0 NE	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	8	-	4	5	3	3	7	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	12	13	14	13	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	11
Energy(?)	16	28	101	102	59	586	857	932	674	268	641	1055	884	1552	545	1039	1017	839	652	645	237	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 1.93				2:08AM 1.89				2:01PM 1.92								2:45PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	7:33AM 0.18				8:08PM 0.23				8:16AM 0.19				7:55PM 0.22				8:29AM 0.18					9:42PM 0.20
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	4	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	12	11	7	6	5	4	7	8	8	6	6	6	5	7	9	10	11	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	8	4	3	1	0	4	6	7	3	2	2	2	4	7	9	9	6	11	10
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 N	0.3 WNW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.5 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.7 SE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	7	6	6	3	13	12	11	9	10	9	9	10	10	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 S	-	0.9 S	1.0 SSE	-	1.2 NNE	0.8 NE	-	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	12	9	6	6	13	15	10	10	9	8	13	-	14	13	-	6	5	-	20	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	0.6 NNW	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	4	4	4	14	4	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	4	6	7	3	3

	Thursday 18																	Friday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 SE	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	12	9	9	14	9	14	13	13	13	6	13	5	8	8	8	9	6	6
Energy(?)	26	23	107	15	28	158	158	82	114	81	464	605	605	231	58	197	586	586	676	770	204	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:46PM 1.73												1:34AM 1.81	2:11AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		7:33AM 0.18												7:08PM 0.24	8:08PM 0.23
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	13	14	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	12	13	14	15	12	12	12	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	1
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.8 N	0.4 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	9	6	9	5	6	6	13	13	15	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	12	9	9	14	9	14	6	9	9	10	6	6	13	13	14	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	13	13	13	6	4	5	8	8	8	9	6	6

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