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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	2.5 S	0.4 SSE	2.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	11	10	10	12	7	8	12	10	12	14	12
Energy(?)	662	6706	2231	110	1370	105	927	372	471	312	126	77	40	80	176	200	288	566	191	293	475	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 1.67		10:53PM 1.56	9:36AM 2.02		11:41PM 1.86	12:05PM 1.82		12:42AM 1.92	11:34AM 2.12	1:06PM 2.25	1:42AM 2.00		2:05PM 1.89	2:49AM 2.06		3:02PM 2.31	3:37AM 2.14		3:59PM 1.99	3:58AM 2.09	4:36AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 0.23			5:25PM 0.26		5:56AM 0.31	6:21PM 0.23		5:37AM 0.86		7:18PM 0.19	7:56AM 0.26		8:25PM 0.13	9:01AM 0.18		9:14PM 0.09	9:53AM 0.16		9:36PM 0.03	10:55AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	3	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	16	17	15	14	15	13	17	19	17	22	24	14	15	15	14	17	17	15	18
Low °C	13	15	15	16	16	13	13	14	12	15	18	16	19	20	13	13	14	13	16	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	16	17	15	14	15	12	17	19	17	22	24	13	14	14	13	17	17	15	18
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	9	11	12	10	11	9	9	8	9	4	10	6	12	7	8	12	10	9	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	9	11	12	18	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	4	7	10	12	12	10	10	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	11	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25					Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wed
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	662	825	849	2210	2558	2231	1969	1845	1671	1205	1317	2646	1140	2331	981	1209	921	1754	762	689	538	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:22AM 1.67				10:42PM 1.81								11:41PM 1.86				12:05PM 1.82				12:48AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)								4:59AM 0.31				5:25PM 0.26				6:04AM 0.25				6:21PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	16	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	16	17	18	16	14	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	11	20	19	20	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25																Monday 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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	612	615	662	476	8020	8281	7759	7120	6706	351	87	2555	2517	2632	83	613	107	2231	2153	2166	1969	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)																10:52PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	11	12	11	13	13	15	17	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	15
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.5 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	20	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	12	2	3	3	11	11	11	11	3