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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	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.9 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	2.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	6	7	8	9	9	9	12	12	11	10	14	13	12	12	9
Energy(?)	1333	723	326	263	398	188	354	230	273	449	1018	992	129	1944	716	1017	259	343	137	149	145	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 1.63	9:25AM 1.50		9:54PM 1.62	10:17AM 1.50		10:44PM 1.62	11:06AM 1.51		12:06AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		3:18AM 0.52	3:31PM 0.50		4:08AM 0.52	4:19PM 0.49		4:55AM 0.50	5:47PM 0.46		6:18AM 0.40									7:16AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	19	2	1
High °C	18	20	23	15	14	14	14	15	18	17	16	16	13	20	19	15	15	15	12	11	12	10
Low °C	17	17	19	13	14	12	12	14	15	14	16	16	12	17	19	12	12	14	11	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	18	20	23	15	13	13	12	14	17	17	15	16	12	20	19	15	15	15	12	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	2.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	6	12	13	8	14	13	9	12	12	11	10	9	9	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	15	4	16	15	14	4	13	7	9	12	-	13	14	-	17	5	12	14	13	5	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 SE	-	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	2	-	4	-	10	6	7	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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 - 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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	9	6	6	7
Energy(?)	1375	1333	1033	1040	740	652	528	462	201	262	223	222	264	263	249	157	230	354	293	186	230	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 1.63				9:25AM 1.50				10:33PM 1.59				10:00AM 1.49				10:28PM 1.61				10:50AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				3:18AM 0.52				3:31PM 0.50				4:48AM 0.44				4:02PM 0.51				4:45AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	17	17	20	20	16	15	14	13	12	14	15	14	12	12	12	10	9	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	20	20	16	14	13	12	11	14	14	13	10	10	10	8	7	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	14	6	13	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	4	5	5	4	16	16	16	15	14	14	4	7	13	13	13	10	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	-	3	9	10	9	6	6	7

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09
	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	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1531	1390	1375	1324	1371	1333	1210	1061	423	647	568	568	509	502	740	436	273	429	227	159	371	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				9:01PM 1.63												9:05AM 1.50	10:08AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)											4:02AM 0.43											3:13PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	15	15	17	18	21	21	22	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	16	17	18	18	16	16	18	17	17	15	15	17	18	21	21	22	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	4	14	16	15	16	16	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	-	0.5 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	3	-	3	-	-	-