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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	11	16	16	9	16	8	11	10	16	16	5	5	7	20	18	16	16	15	13
Energy(?)	1934	1374	559	475	568	183	337	255	62	49	45	51	67	11	10	68	70	79	191	47	15	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:53PM 2.08		3:13AM 1.93	3:42PM 2.08		3:26AM 1.86	3:54PM 1.97		4:12AM 1.84	5:22PM 1.82		4:58AM 1.81	5:22PM 1.86		5:43AM 1.77		6:07PM 1.79	7:20AM 1.64		6:52PM 1.71	7:18AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.21	9:25AM 0.13		9:59PM 0.20	9:38AM 0.12		10:55PM 0.18	10:25AM 0.15		10:55PM 0.21	11:11AM 0.19		11:39PM 0.24	11:58AM 0.25		12:24AM 0.29		12:45PM 0.32	1:10AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	10	10	11	8	10	11	9	11	14	12	12
Low °C	8	8	7	8	8	6	8	7	7	7	9	7	8	9	6	8	9	7	10	12	8	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	10	9	8	7	7	5	9	11	10	10	10	8	9	10	9	10	13	11	10
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	5	5	5	7	20	4	6	6	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	16	16	18	16	15	4	4	5	8	8	6	13	16	7	16	16	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	2	6

	Thursday 21	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay 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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	11	15	16	15	15	14	14	19	18	17	16	8
Energy(?)	3894	4790	1934	1635	1374	1180	1150	1037	551	927	264	890	568	552	840	689	654	408	213	307	255	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:22AM 1.92				2:53PM 2.08									3:08PM 1.99				3:26AM 1.86				3:54PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			8:33AM 0.14				8:33PM 0.21									9:23PM 0.19				9:38AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	8	9	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	7
Chill °C (?)	6	5	7	8	9	7	5	5	6	5	6	10	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	4
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	11	15	9	9	15	14	14	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	16	15	9	9	20	19	18	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Thursday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay 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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	2.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	822	3896	3894	4360	4487	4790	4790	4765	466	1885	460	1635	1592	1571	1374	1355	1339	1180	356	1163	1150	1166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:22AM 1.92												2:19PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)								7:58AM 0.13	8:37AM 0.12												8:33PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	8	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.1 SSE	2.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	15	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	16	12	16	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	16	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-