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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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	9	6	6	8	9	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	4
Energy(?)	365	265	108	115	78	99	154	117	244	329	163	200	178	51	77	60	24	17	30	33	73	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 1.84		2:43PM 1.75	3:15AM 1.85		3:33PM 2.37	3:29AM 2.06	4:14AM 2.12	3:34PM 1.97		5:01AM 2.62	4:29PM 1.99		5:03AM 2.19	5:25PM 2.00		6:58AM 2.68		7:28PM 2.03	8:00AM 1.94		7:20PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		8:31AM 0.18		8:56PM 0.10	8:47AM 0.14		9:07PM 0.05	10:32AM 0.09		10:42PM 0.33	11:23AM 0.35		10:42PM -0.02	11:23AM 0.07		12:40AM 0.28		1:29PM 0.03	1:47AM -0.03		2:24PM 0.04	1:39AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	11	12	12	12	14	16	12	23	25	23	19	15	19	27	27	23	23	16	19
Low °C	12	15	14	11	12	12	10	13	14	11	19	25	19	17	14	14	24	25	21	21	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	10	11	10	10	14	15	10	23	25	23	19	14	19	27	27	23	23	15	19
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 S	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	12	5	6	8	9	9	10	10	9	8	5	9	9	8	8	7	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.9 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	10	6	9	9	10	9	9	8	6	4	14	9	4	4	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.7 NE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.3 ESE	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	4	9	6	-	-	3	-	4	3	3	5	-	3	4	3	2	-	4

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	6	6	6	7
Energy(?)	351	212	209	204	265	136	214	125	119	56	66	114	78	74	71	47	50	102	130	230	288	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:20AM 1.75				2:02PM 1.84				3:05AM 2.42				2:40PM 1.92					4:11AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21PM 0.19				7:50AM 0.19				7:56PM 0.11				8:28AM 0.13				9:44PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	12	15	16	14	14	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	12	11	9	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	15	16	13	13	10	12	12	10	11	11	12	13	12	10	7	9	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	6	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	12	11	8	7	10	10	9	9	5	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	-

	Monday 01				Tuesday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	361	187	177	184	358	161	372	157	257	146	146	243	202	252	251	136	139	327	323	166	163	187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							1:39AM 1.84	2:23AM 1.90												2:43PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21PM 0.19	8:03PM 0.16											7:32AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	18	18	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	10	12	10	10	12	13	14	14	15	16	18	18	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	6	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	11	11	6	6	5