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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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	9	4	10	9	8	8	14	16	15	14	15	16	14	9	11	10	10	10	18	16
Energy(?)	209	252	84	86	2537	1260	440	683	604	1216	1124	915	832	962	819	264	248	133	76	59	125	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.89		11:57PM 1.77		12:33PM 1.93	12:55AM 1.80		2:01PM 2.07	2:22AM 1.92		3:01PM 2.05		3:22AM 1.90	3:51PM 2.04	2:40AM 2.39	4:02AM 1.93	4:35PM 1.75		4:50AM 1.92	5:23PM 1.71		5:44AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		5:47PM 0.27		6:07AM 0.18		6:46PM 0.25	7:38AM 0.16		8:16PM 0.23	8:42AM 0.14		9:18PM 0.20	9:34AM 0.13		8:33PM 0.72	10:15AM 0.14		10:55PM 0.17	11:03AM 0.16		11:42PM 0.18	11:58AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	7	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	11	8	10
Low °C	9	9	5	6	6	5	7	8	9	9	9	8	10	10	8	9	9	7	8	9	7	8
Chill °C (?)	9	8	4	0	2	2	6	6	8	7	9	7	10	11	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	8
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	14	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	16	15	14	15	16	14	9	11	5	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	13	-	-	10	15	16	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	16	10	4	5	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	1.3 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	0.5 W	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	10	9	4	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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 - Magnet 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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	9	9	4	10	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	211	251	209	200	252	331	419	401	154	65	86	506	508	444	839	1260	1756	508	692	873	887	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:33AM 1.89					12:31AM 1.88				1:14PM 2.01				1:31AM 1.62				2:03PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08AM 0.20				5:47PM 0.27	6:21PM 0.26				6:50AM 0.16				6:09PM 0.61				7:38AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	5	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	3	5	8	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	7	9	6	4	3	-1	0	1	2	2	3	3	-2	1	5	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 SE	0.2 ENE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	7	7	14	14	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	16	15	7	8	8	13	12	9	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	12	15	7	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.5 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	4	10	10	10	8	9	9	4	8	8	8	8

	Monday 18
	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 - Magnet 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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	8	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	9
Energy(?)	203	192	251	250	239	251	242	227	209	39	38	37	37	87	27	301	109	152	331	125	121	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													12:15PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)						5:08AM 0.20													6:21PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	9	9	10	9	8	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	7	9	8	9	7	6	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	9	9	9	14	9	8	14	14	8	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-