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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	Tue		Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	14	16	15	14	15	16	14	18	16	12	11	10	10	16	15	8	5	14
Energy(?)	1022	558	922	679	857	1747	1399	1051	577	646	832	593	307	344	108	73	62	88	65	213	47	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:23AM 2.35		2:03PM 1.78	2:22AM 1.92		2:56PM 1.78		3:17AM 1.63	3:47PM 1.88		3:26AM 1.86	4:19PM 2.34		4:50AM 1.92	5:15PM 2.01		4:58AM 1.81	5:22PM 1.86		6:31AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 0.61	7:38AM 0.16		8:16PM 0.23	8:36AM 0.11		9:14PM 0.17	9:28AM 0.11		9:59PM 0.20	9:38AM 0.12		10:47PM 0.20	11:03AM 0.16		11:34PM 0.21	11:11AM 0.19		11:39PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	6	8	8	8	11	12	9	11	11	9	11	13
Low °C	6	4	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	11	8	10	9	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	2	3	6	6	7	8	9	6	9	8	6	6	5	6	9	11	9	10	10	8	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	16	14	16	15	14	10	10	14	9	9	12	11	10	10	6	5	6	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	11	10	9	15	16	9	18	16	18	4	5	7	9	15	14	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	-	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	1.2 SSW	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	-	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	3	3	8	-	6

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	11
Energy(?)	306	815	1270	558	2132	1039	922	969	894	317	706	857	1950	1984	1747	1472	1399	1200	1147	1051	550	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:14PM 2.01				1:28AM 1.90				2:03PM 1.78				2:14AM 2.26				2:53PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 0.25				7:41AM 0.12				8:16PM 0.23				8:33AM 0.14				8:33PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	6	4	6	7	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	9	10	8	8	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	1	6	3	0	3	3	3	6	7	8	7	7	7	5	7	8	10	6	6	6	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	0.4 NE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S
Period (s)	6	8	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	7	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	16	9	9	17	12	11	13	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	-	1.6 S	1.4 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	-	10	9	8	8	8	-	8	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19											Wednesday 20
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	0.6 SE	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	327	214	1654	944	1584	823	823	686	1898	1838	1094	1017	71	845	2132	2039	776	776	713	718	922	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)														1:28AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)								7:25PM 0.18												7:04AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	2	4	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	3	3	4	5	6	5	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	1.6 SSE	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	0.3 WSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	2	-	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8