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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 S	1.1 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.4 NNE	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	17	6	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	13	12	12	5	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	458	65	75	58	91	187	32	141	1407	1060	1248	1497	395	88	135	2350	1006	530	64	86	41	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 1.91		11:32PM 1.78		12:20PM 1.92	1:24AM 1.86		1:53PM 1.99	2:16AM 1.86		1:30PM 2.35	2:59AM 1.59		2:45PM 1.90		3:05AM 1.81	3:28PM 1.87		4:32AM 1.68	4:57PM 1.87		5:09AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 0.28		5:55AM 0.19		7:15PM 0.23	7:33AM 0.18		8:08PM 0.23	8:25AM 0.19		8:54PM 0.19	9:09AM 0.17		8:58PM 0.22	9:15AM 0.20		9:21PM 0.23	10:45AM 0.23		11:14PM 0.26	11:23AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	16	20	18	12	15	13	7	7	8	7	14	15	14	15	15	11	14	16	13	16
Low °C	12	12	12	15	16	11	13	8	6	7	7	7	8	13	13	14	13	9	10	14	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	20	17	11	13	13	3	6	6	3	14	13	12	14	15	10	14	15	11	15
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	1.1 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 S	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	10	13	12	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 NE	1.2 S	-	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	4	7	17	10	10	10	6	7	-	8	14	-	15	14	13	16	15	15	3	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	1.5 N	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.1 NE	1.2 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.7 N	1.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.4 NNE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	4	6	6	4	4	4	9	-	8	5	3	4	5	10	9	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	9	9	17	16	10	11	12	7	9	9	10	9	8	7	14	14	14	13	9
Energy(?)	458	359	332	238	200	75	50	34	40	27	61	42	49	66	283	253	77	135	84	176	254	980
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:07AM 1.91					12:28AM 1.86								12:43AM 1.80				1:48PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				5:36PM 0.26					6:37AM 0.18				7:11PM 0.18				6:50AM 0.18				8:08PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	1
Temp. °C	12	12	12	9	10	12	16	16	16	17	18	17	16	11	11	12	14	11	13	10	7	6
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	7	8	10	14	14	14	16	17	16	15	11	9	10	13	11	12	7	5	3
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	7	9	7	9	9	8	7	9	9	6	5	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	4	13	13	13	13	17	16	13	13	12	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	14	14	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.3 NW	0.9 NNW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	-	4	4	4	4	3	4	14	13	9

	Tuesday 16																	Wednesday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	11	11	11	11	14	11	9	9	9	10	9	11	16	16	5
Energy(?)	422	409	458	420	414	46	46	66	65	65	28	90	72	202	200	202	83	223	63	52	50	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							12:02PM 2.00											11:32PM 1.78	12:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											4:57PM 0.59		6:15PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	10	10	11	11	13	13	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	10	11	12	10	10	12	8	8	9	9	11	12	13	14	12
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	7	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	4	4	4	11	8	8	7	7	7	11	9	9	13	13	13	10	10	8	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5