Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.5 S	1.5 SE	3.0 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	10	13	12	11	11	5	8	6	9	14	11	14	8	11	11	16	19	16	14	12	14	14
Energy	70	239	205	64	245	127	399	60	230	602	347	1186	520	783	950	3519	1559	4213	1872	947	1140	812
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:56PM 2.09		4:03AM 2.01	4:29PM 2.66		4:59AM 1.86	4:49PM 2.18		5:48AM 2.08			6:09AM 1.96		7:20PM 2.24	7:55AM 2.00		7:41PM 2.05	8:08AM 1.87		8:39PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15AM 0.05		9:57PM 0.08	10:18AM -0.01		10:49PM 0.07	11:13AM -0.04		11:11PM 0.06		12:05PM -0.06	11:50PM 0.06		12:27PM -0.03	1:43AM 0.03		1:07PM 0.03	2:03AM 0.09		2:23PM 0.09	2:59AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	9	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	15	16	17	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	8	9	11	9	9	10	9	14	15	15
Low °C	9	10	15	15	10	9	7	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	9	8	6	9	9	10	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	15	16	16	10	8	7	9	5	8	8	9	6	9	10	8	7	8	9	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 NNE	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.5 S	1.5 SE	3.0 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	11	4	5	16	6	9	14	11	7	8	11	11	16	19	16	14	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 NW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	17	9	17	16	3	13	12	11	14	13	12	12	13	15	15	-	-	-	5	11	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.9 N	1.2 NNW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	11	5	8	-	-	4	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	10	10	15	14	13	12	12	16	11	11	16	11	11	17	5	17	16	8	16	6	6	8
Energy	80	70	201	220	239	229	205	52	83	64	51	66	245	51	127	207	370	399	65	202	60	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:22AM 1.88				2:56PM 2.09	3:38PM 1.87				4:02AM 1.83				4:35PM 2.04				3:56AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	8:58PM 0.14				8:15AM 0.05					9:57PM 0.08								10:49PM 0.07				10:29AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	10	13	16	16	15	16	16	15	11	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	7	9	12	16	15	14	16	15	14	10	10	8	6	7	7	6	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	15	14	13	12	12	8	11	11	12	11	4	17	5	6	9	16	9	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	17	9	9	9	18	17	10	16	16	13	13	3	10	13	17	16	12	16	10	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.0 S	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	2	5	-	-	-	-	3	3	11	4	5	-	4	8	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	84	83	80	79	69	70	69	201	201	229	241	220	214	228	239	214	234	229	222	209	205	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									2:22AM 1.88												2:56PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 0.14												8:15AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	5	5	5	2	5	5	5	5	-	-	-