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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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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	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Midshore 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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	2.0 NNE
Period(s)	16	16	13	12	12	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8
Energy	4338	1302	1695	1060	866	565	530	78	329	145	606	534	1501	1268	1566	1350	616	579	421	335	239	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:52AM 1.77		2:25PM 1.79	2:59AM 1.68		3:25PM 1.79		4:25AM 1.58	4:07PM 1.79		4:24AM 1.65	4:50PM 1.79		5:08AM 1.64			5:52AM 1.61		6:18PM 1.75	6:37AM 1.58		7:03PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08AM 0.29		8:53PM 0.39	8:45AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.40	10:35AM 0.32		11:12PM 0.40	10:32AM 0.36		11:08PM 0.42	11:17AM 0.37		11:53PM 0.43		12:02PM 0.39	12:39AM 0.44		12:47PM 0.41	1:24AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	12	10	12	12	15	18	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14
Low °C	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	14	15	16	16	14	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	8	12	11	13	18	15	17	16	14	12	14	14	12	12	11	10	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	16	13	12	12	11	7	9	9	8	13	8	8	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 NE	1.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	6	11	8	10	9	8	12	13	12	12	15	8	8	11	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	2.1 NE	-	2.5 NE	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.8 N	1.1 NE	2.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	6	7	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	4	-	3	4	4	5	8

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	17	15	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	12
Energy	5179	4338	2009	3105	1302	2107	1695	1444	1096	1060	935	829	866	598	565	412	233	530	671	270	78	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:57AM 1.60				2:25PM 1.79				2:41AM 1.70					3:25PM 1.79				3:23AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	8:45PM 0.38								8:53PM 0.39				8:45AM 0.34					9:38PM 0.40				9:48AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	10	12	11	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	11	9	11	9	12	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 NE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	17	15	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	7	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	4	6	6	7	11	11	6	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	1.3 NE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	6	-	-	7	7	3	-	7

	Thursday 28					Friday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach 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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	3126	1096	5179	4806	4745	4338	4008	1998	2009	3397	3146	3105	1454	1419	1302	1144	2167	2107	1992	1772	1695	1669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:57AM 1.60												2:25PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 0.38													9:07AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	1.4 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-