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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	12	14	13	13	11
Energy(?)	22	151	143	330	445	244	353	335	351	129	372	176	188	162	108	77	188	230	374	474	79	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:25PM 1.62	3:08AM 1.74		4:06PM 1.68		4:33AM 1.83	4:49PM 1.70		5:15AM 1.86	5:21PM 2.09		5:11AM 1.83	6:02PM 1.75		6:28AM 1.91	6:54PM 1.72		7:18AM 1.64		7:35PM 1.73	8:01AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			8:41PM 0.40	8:56AM 0.46		10:09PM 0.39	10:44AM 0.44		10:53PM 0.36	11:28AM 0.40		10:50PM 0.30	11:24AM 0.36		12:17AM 0.25	12:45PM 0.35		12:54AM 0.51		1:38PM 0.27	1:50AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	9	6	4	1	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	13	14	13	15	14	11	14	14	13	14	14	12	16	15	12	16	17	15	17
Low °C	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	10	13	14	11	13	14	10	14	14	12	15	16	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	12	13	12	14	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	11	16	14	11	15	16	14	17
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	14	14	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	8	8	8	8	7	13	12	10	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	7	11	13	12	7	7	12	7	9	8	8	10	9	9	10	8	8	14	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	-	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	3	5	7	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5

	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	200	244	234	229	151	195	217	227	281	246	117	313	295	396	243	384	440	376	508	515	408	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:24AM 1.70				3:23PM 1.66				3:50AM 1.79				3:23PM 1.63					4:18AM 2.22				4:49PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			8:29AM 0.48				9:25PM 0.41				9:51AM 0.80					10:01PM 0.40				10:41AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	5	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	8	7	9	7	9	9	8	10	-	13	12	12	12	6	12	7	7	7	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	7	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Thursday 15
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	13	5	13	6	6	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	154	205	200	205	28	28	29	22	22	25	22	45	59	257	142	301	183	90	243	282	209	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:09AM 1.70													3:16PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)									9:13AM 0.48												9:24PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	1.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	9	9	9	7	7	7	14	12	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	11	11	14	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	-	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	7	7	7	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	7	7