Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields 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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	9	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	10	9	8	9	17	17	15	21	14	14	14	12	11	10	10	18	15	10	10	11	8	16
Energy	211	221	556	406	484	918	711	13966	5731	1035	2379	2347	895	629	502	762	251	76	49	49	639	2310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:30PM 1.66	8:51AM 1.51		9:14PM 1.64	9:37AM 1.53		9:31PM 1.99	9:52AM 2.03		11:31PM 1.61	11:17AM 1.66		11:39PM 1.71		12:10PM 1.76	12:33AM 1.76		1:47PM 1.78	2:09AM 1.74		1:43PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		2:52AM 0.44		3:01PM 0.43		3:35AM 0.42	4:22PM 0.43		3:46AM 0.79	4:06PM 0.66		5:05AM 0.33	5:27PM 0.33		6:35AM 0.23		6:21PM 0.28	7:26AM 0.17		7:59PM 0.20	7:37AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	11	15	15	9	9	11	10	14	15	12	11	11	9	12	11	11	9	10
Low °C	11	9	8	10	10	12	10	9	8	11	9	12	13	11	8	9	9	8	11	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	7	10	15	14	8	8	11	9	14	15	11	11	10	8	11	9	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 SSE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	9	17	15	21	15	14	14	12	10	10	10	11	6	10	10	11	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	-	1.8 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	10	9	17	8	8	22	20	19	-	11	11	14	20	18	10	14	12	3	19	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	-	0.3 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 W	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	2	4	8	4	21	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	17	16	18	17	15	15	16	18	21	17	15
Energy	211	247	260	221	284	303	556	520	406	330	340	484	741	848	918	683	711	288	2060	13966	9169	8282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 1.66				8:51AM 1.51					9:14PM 1.64				9:37AM 1.53				9:31PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)					2:09AM 0.93	3:28AM 0.45				3:01PM 0.43				3:35AM 0.42				3:22PM 0.73				3:46AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	15	15	11	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	7	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	15	14	10	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 NE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 E	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	6	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	16	18	17	15	15	16	13	21	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 E	-	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	9	10	10	10	9	10	19	17	4	4	8	8	8	10	-	22	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.3 W	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	2	4	4	4	4	3	8	3	4	7	18	21	17	15

	Saturday 06											Sunday 07
	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	South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point 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
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	67	203	211	208	208	247	242	276	260	259	230	221	40	284	284	292	294	303	303	768	556	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:30PM 1.66												8:51AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)															2:09AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	12	11	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-