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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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	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	7	9	10	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	18	18	17	16	16	8
Energy(?)	239	74	82	61	80	126	102	92	180	341	295	179	243	222	200	129	97	557
Wind (km/h)	0	5	5	10	10	5	10	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	5	20	20	20
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:09AM		10:34PM	10:56AM		11:22PM	11:43AM		12:09AM		12:31PM 10:09AM	1:39AM		1:03PM	2:26AM		2:10PM	2:36AM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:15PM		4:52AM	5:02PM 4:05AM		5:39AM	5:51PM		6:25AM		7:22PM	6:55AM		8:10PM	8:00AM	4:15PM	8:22PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	13
High °C	16	15	15	16	16	13	14	15	15	17	18	15	15	16	12	14	15	8
Low °C	14	14	14	15	14	12	13	13	13	17	17	13	13	13	11	12	10	7
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	16	16	12	13	14	14	17	18	14	15	16	11	12	14	4
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	7	6	10	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	18	18	17	16	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	7	10	9	6	10	10	6	6	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.2 NNE	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	2	2	3	-	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	8

	Tuesday 20							Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	10	9	7	7	7	6	9	12	10	10	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	249	246	239	236	74	62	59	82	77	70	61	13	80	77	75	126	126	105
Wind (km/h)	5	5	0	5	5	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	5	0	5	0	5
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:09AM 1.50				10:34PM 1.65				11:39AM 1.62				11:22PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		4:05AM 0.50				4:15PM 0.47				4:52AM 0.47				4:46PM 0.43				5:39AM 0.41
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	17	16	14	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	17	16	14	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	10	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	9	12	6	5	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	3	3	-	-

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