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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	0	3	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	0.5 S	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	2.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	12	4	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	14	9	9	8	7	11	11	11	8
Energy(?)	313	2157	165	47	242	758	131	515	540	161	311	191	142	85	1925	117	759	399	225	185	63	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:11PM 1.58	10:33AM 1.74		10:10PM 1.52	10:36AM 1.67		11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		11:32PM 1.64	12:58PM 1.80		12:44AM 1.73		1:08PM 1.79	1:39AM 1.84		2:46PM 1.90	3:18AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		4:11PM 0.39		4:21AM 0.42	4:57PM 0.41		4:21AM 0.41	4:57PM 0.40		5:10AM 0.37	6:27PM 0.32		6:45AM 0.32			7:35AM 0.24		7:21PM 0.19	7:50AM 0.19		8:59PM 0.11	8:28AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	23	22	20	25	25	19	26	14	12	19	17	14	17	20	17	17	13	13	15	15	15	23
Low °C	22	21	16	23	24	18	23	14	11	18	16	14	16	19	13	16	13	11	14	15	13	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	20	25	25	19	26	12	11	19	17	13	16	20	16	17	11	13	14	14	15	23
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	2.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.3 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	9	9	11	7	7	11	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	11	-	9	9	6	5	5	15	15	8	14	12	7	11	11	6	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	0.4 NNW	0.9 NE	0.9 NW	2.2 NNE	0.6 N	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	0.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	-	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	3	4	4	9	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	5	9	3	8	-	4	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 NNE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	4	6	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	516	229	313	271	209	795	505	418	328	116	47	98	126	147	223	181	612	1623	711	131	323	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:50AM 1.75				9:23PM 1.51									10:56PM 1.47				11:20AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 0.46								3:34AM 0.43					4:57PM 0.41				4:21AM 0.41				4:39PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	22	23	23	21	18	18	16	18	23	25	25	24	19	20	18	18	20	26	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	22	23	23	21	18	18	16	17	23	25	25	24	19	20	18	18	20	26	12	13
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	11	-	14	14	13	12	8	12	11	12	10	11	-	10	11	15	9	9	3	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.6 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	1.8 NNE	0.3 N	1.9 NE	2.0 NNE	0.4 NW	0.1 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	3	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	3	8	2	9	11	4	8	4	5

	Wednesday 26
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12
Energy(?)	412	787	787	289	222	852	857	952	1001	1048	302	499	1084	253	2157	297	853	795	700	137	113	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:03AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 0.43												3:27PM 0.46	4:11PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	21	23	24	24	22	24	21	21	20	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	21	23	24	24	22	24	21	21	20	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	13	11	11	12	12	12	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	-	13	13	13	11	11	11	14	12	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.2 N	2.5 NE	0.6 NNW	2.5 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	4	8	3	9	3	4	4	4	3	3	4