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 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	7	6	14	13	13	13	4	6	8	9	10	10	9	9	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	217	199	172	200	67	58	48	69	164	50	274	895	969	1418	482	2241	1238	1093	921	817	604	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.93	8:37AM 1.79		10:21PM 1.87	10:03AM 1.76		11:24PM 2.00	11:44AM 2.29		11:45PM 1.91	12:53PM 1.85		1:26AM 2.00		1:30PM 2.25	1:41AM 1.93		1:50PM 1.85	2:33AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 0.16	2:38AM 0.24		3:18PM 0.18			5:06PM 0.15		5:33AM 0.49	5:55PM 0.18		6:44AM 0.21		7:03PM 0.16	7:41AM 0.20		7:18PM 0.16	8:15AM 0.45		8:13PM 0.15	9:29AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
High °C	15	16	14	19	20	14	15	17	15	16	16	15	18	20	17	23	23	16	16	16	18	15
Low °C	14	14	14	16	16	13	13	16	14	16	15	15	16	18	16	22	21	14	15	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	19	20	14	14	16	14	15	14	12	17	20	16	23	23	15	16	16	18	14
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	1.6 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	5	7	6	6	6	6	13	14	12	10	18	16	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	14	11	10	9	9	14	13	13	12	5	11	-	-	-	15	15	14	13	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	-	-	-	2	3	-	4	6	8	9	10	-	9	-	-	5	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	12
Energy(?)	278	228	213	201	222	237	222	90	76	68	160	99	65	59	85	80	48	125	66	206	222	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:00AM 1.82				8:33PM 1.92				9:48AM 1.88					10:21PM 2.01				10:03AM 1.76				11:24PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			2:00PM 0.18				2:57AM 0.22				3:55PM 0.16					4:45AM 0.19				4:02PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	17	15	13	15	13	14	16	20	19	16	15	15	14	13	13	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	17	14	11	15	12	14	16	20	19	16	15	15	13	12	12	16	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	13	13	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-

	Monday 23																Tuesday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	6	6
Energy(?)	305	291	217	215	252	195	255	184	184	177	235	175	262	126	126	126	79	184	76	95	222	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:00AM 1.82														9:21PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)									3:10PM 0.13											2:38AM 0.24
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	13	13	14	15	15	16	15	17	17	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	15	14	15	14	16	16	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	13	12	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	14	14	9	9	9	16	16	9	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	10	10	10	4	4	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-