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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	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 E	1.4 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	11	9	8	6	5	9	9	12	9	8	8	8	4	8	9	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	158	55	159	19	14	32	5	51	13	9	32	101	150	86	26	41	202	439	709	746	219	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 1.57	10:00AM 1.65		10:23PM 1.65	10:00AM 1.70		10:27PM 1.62	10:52AM 1.70		11:23PM 1.68	11:48AM 1.72		12:22AM 1.77	12:45PM 1.76	1:29PM 1.83	2:04AM 1.94		1:27PM 1.82	2:19AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 0.39	3:01AM 0.36		4:22PM 0.31			5:09PM 0.26		4:42AM 0.34	5:59PM 0.28		5:37AM 0.31	6:43PM 0.48		6:35AM 0.28		7:44PM 0.17	8:18AM 0.22		7:55PM 0.13	8:33AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	4	1
High °C	19	21	16	20	21	15	16	15	13	15	15	12	14	15	13	13	13	12	13	14	12	12
Low °C	17	18	14	18	19	10	15	14	11	12	14	11	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	21	15	19	21	14	15	14	12	14	14	11	14	14	12	12	12	10	12	13	11	10
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	6	6	8	6	6	4	3	7	9	8	8	8	5	8	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	12	9	11	9	10	-	13	9	9	5	5	9	8	8	8	8	13	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	3	4	3	3	5	4	-	4	4	-	4	4	4	8	9	6	7	3	-

	Thursday 25					Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sun
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SE	0.8 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	8	14	11	8	8	8	8	7	6	9	3	6	6	9
Energy(?)	175	165	196	117	83	47	200	71	153	54	17	109	140	40	113	57	5	45	20	66	60	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:27AM 1.73				9:37PM 1.50				9:12AM 1.71				9:35PM 1.58	10:22PM 2.06				10:46AM 1.77				10:27PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			2:51PM 0.39				3:01AM 0.36								3:50AM 0.35					4:05PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	19	15	14	15	15	16	18	20	18	16	13	11	12	15	16	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	18	14	13	14	14	15	17	19	17	16	12	10	11	15	15	12	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	8	13	16	12	8	9	9	6	8	8	11	8	15	4	14	14	-	5	7	13	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 NW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	5	5	3	9	3	3	-	-

	Thursday 25																Friday 26
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	8
Energy(?)	150	159	158	153	144	58	151	159	196	169	50	153	153	25	74	74	47	47	46	108	74	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:43AM 0.36	3:01AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	21	21	21	19	22	19	19	19	19	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	21	21	21	18	22	19	18	18	18	17	15	15	14	12	13	13	12	14	14
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	16	16	12	12	12	9	8	8	9	9	9	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 N	1.0 NNE	0.7 NW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	5	2	3	3	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4