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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	Sat		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 E	2.3 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.6 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	2.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 NE	1.7 NNE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	10	12	13	11	10	13	9	13	12	9	9	13	11	9	13	5	7	7
Energy(?)	274	2270	602	1104	459	1677	742	1346	686	346	296	187	103	565	189	2070	53	93	83	68	319	38
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.65	11:35AM 1.55																		3:24AM 2.25	4:02PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	4:49PM 0.47		5:23AM 0.47	5:27PM 0.77																9:18PM 0.33	9:42AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	15	17	16	16	16	17	17	16	18	13	14	18	13	16	14	13	19	20	17	16	15
Low °C	16	14	16	16	12	14	14	14	15	15	11	12	15	10	11	12	9	17	18	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	14	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	18	12	13	18	12	15	14	11	19	20	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:04	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.1 S	1.5 E	2.3 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.8 S	2.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	1.7 NNE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	9	13	10	12	13	11	10	9	9	13	12	8	9	13	11	9	9	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	1.4 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	-	8	13	-	5	18	11	14	13	13	8	12	12	11	11	10	10	4	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 NE	0.9 N	1.1 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	-	1.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	-	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.8 NE	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	2	-	3	4	5	3	5	3	-	9	3	-	3	3	3	5	-	2

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	261	361	509	612	754	1965	2123	629	1720	1133	667	1300	1624	1029	1213	1233	2028	1264	1123	480	344	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	ebb	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	ebb	flow	ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:05PM 2.09	12:06AM 1.59			11:35AM 1.55													12:23AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 0.47				5:23AM 0.47	6:18AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	12	14	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	12	15	20	16	19	16	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	11	13	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	15	20	16	19	15	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	12	8	-	8	-	13	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	5	17	5	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.5 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.5 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3

	Saturday 11											Sunday 12
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	126	267	261	274	486	361	660	442	509	1400	865	1718	1824	2015	2109	2055	734	2076	1965	201	205	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												11:31PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	18	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	18	14	14	12	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	15	11	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	13	12	12	9	9	12	8	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	7	7	12	8	7	-	12	12	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-