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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay 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	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	8	10
Energy(?)	538	448	177	75	166	116	204	68	260	443	487	358	382	315	412	189	818	648	388	1019	89	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:39PM 1.64		6:04AM 1.77		7:02PM 1.70	6:48AM 1.75			7:11AM 1.73		8:42PM 1.62	8:18AM 1.69		8:37PM 1.52	9:03AM 1.67		9:23PM 1.51	9:49AM 1.66		10:10PM 1.52	11:20AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	11:37AM 0.41		11:46PM 0.38	12:22PM 0.43	1:02PM 0.43	1:11AM 0.41		1:48PM 0.44	12:57AM 0.43		1:34PM 0.48	2:53AM 0.42		2:41PM 0.47	2:49AM 0.44		3:27PM 0.46	3:34AM 0.43		3:54PM 0.46		5:07AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	12	14	13	12	13	15	12	11	10	11	13	13	14	21	21	15	18	21	17	21
Low °C	21	17	10	13	12	11	13	14	9	10	10	9	12	13	13	18	18	15	17	19	13	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	10	13	11	11	12	14	12	11	9	10	12	11	13	21	21	14	17	21	16	21
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	5	9	9	9	14	9	13	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	9	5	14	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	12	11	12	4	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	-	1.0 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	-	1.1 N	2.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	9	-	5	-	3	4	5	6	-	8	-	5	11	-	-

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	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach 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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9
Energy(?)	617	551	408	356	393	350	230	305	75	109	161	131	167	116	265	245	204	193	169	232	210	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:39PM 1.64				6:43AM 1.86								6:48AM 1.75				6:45PM 1.60	7:07PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37AM 0.41				12:27AM 0.39				12:00PM 0.44				12:31AM 0.40					1:09PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	17	12	11	10	11	12	13	14	13	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	17	10	9	8	10	11	12	13	11	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	9	5	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	5	9	5	14	6	4	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.5 NE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	5	9	9	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

	Friday 21	Saturday 22
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach 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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	550	549	538	500	551	551	450	490	191	188	186	116	398	403	395	363	364	379	372	178	319	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)											5:19PM 1.67	6:29PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)						12:17PM 0.42											11:46PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	21	22	23	24	22	21	17	17	17	18	14	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	17	19	21	22	23	24	22	21	17	17	17	18	13	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	11
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4