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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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	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	4	7	13	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	7	10	9	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	50	24	44	144	73	139	134	126	171	266	68	171	250	47	240	2634	871	339	376	110	106	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 2.22	6:37PM 2.42	8:27PM 1.99	8:13AM 2.06		9:26PM 1.94	8:52AM 1.98		9:39PM 1.80	10:09AM 1.89		10:39PM 1.75	11:06AM 1.81		11:37PM 1.71	12:00PM 1.74		12:31AM 1.69	12:51PM 1.69	1:28PM 1.62	2:05AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	1:47AM -0.03			2:45AM 0.01		3:24PM 0.07	3:42AM 0.07		3:33PM 0.16	3:52AM 0.17		5:14PM 0.16		4:48AM 0.24	5:04PM 0.27		5:42AM 0.31	6:12PM 0.29		6:35AM 0.37		7:45PM 0.32
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	15	13	18	17	16	25	17	13	15	14	13	14	15	11	15	15	12	18	17	14
Low °C	19	16	15	12	16	16	13	20	15	11	14	14	11	13	13	10	13	13	10	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	19	18	14	12	18	17	15	25	16	12	14	12	12	12	12	9	14	14	11	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	12	11	13	13	5	12	11	6	10	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	8	14	4	7	14	11	10	12	9	11	10	6	10	-	-	8	8	8	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NE	-	0.5 E	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.9 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	1.5 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.7 SE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	5	4	4	7	-	5	-	6	3	5	5	4	-	-	7	10	9	8	-	-	4	5

	Sun	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	1.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.8 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	11	6	4	7	8	8	5	7	7	7	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	25	11	234	27	105	37	55	69	115	144	96	15	64	99	113	160	187	211	234	223	205	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:28PM 2.03				7:16AM 2.13				7:40PM 1.91				8:13AM 2.06				8:39PM 1.86				9:54AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)							2:27PM 0.04				1:57AM 0.04				2:18PM 0.14				2:55AM 0.10
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	16	20	17	16	15	15	12	12	12	11	15	17	20	16	15	15	16	17	20	25
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	20	17	15	14	14	10	10	10	11	15	17	20	16	14	15	16	17	20	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.8 NE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	11	6	10	7	4	8	5	7	7	7	4	6	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	5	14	7	14	5	5	7	7	7	14	14	14	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNE	1.6 NE	0.8 NNE	1.3 N	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	4	6	4	6	8	4	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	-	3	6	-

	Sunday 07				Monday 08
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.8 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 NNE	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.4 S	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	5	8	8	11	4	8	9	9	8	4	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	4	8
Energy(?)	10	25	39	25	50	11	26	56	43	43	42	27	42	105	22	130	238	278	247	176	32	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:28PM 2.03												7:16AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)							1:47AM -0.03												1:39PM 0.09
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	14	13	14	13	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	20	19	20	20	18	18	18	18	20	18	18	12	10	12	11	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	8	9	8	8	11	11	8	9	9	8	10	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	14	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NE	0.5 NNW	1.3 N	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.5 NW	1.3 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	6	8	8	8	4	4	4

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