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.

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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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Canterbury Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.1 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.8 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	10	10	15	14	14	12	11	10	9	15	9	7	16	16	15	15	17	5
Energy(?)	1945	3716	1987	1542	663	227	1925	1129	1179	711	218	226	115	242	44	61	53	51	77	72	221	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:44PM	8:11AM 7:44PM		8:51PM	9:19AM		9:46PM	10:14AM		10:48PM	11:16AM		11:42PM		12:16PM 8:20AM	12:34AM		12:58PM	11:46PM		12:59PM	12:30AM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:40AM		1:16PM		3:14AM	3:25PM		4:04AM	4:29PM 2:16AM		5:07AM	5:24PM		6:00AM		6:16PM	6:09AM			6:21AM		7:05PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	10	10	11	10	13	13	13	12	13	10	13	12	11	13	16	12	14	16	12	15	17	15
Low °C	10	9	11	8	9	13	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	11	14	11	10	13	11	12	16	11
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	8	13	13	12	11	12	10	13	10	9	13	16	12	14	16	11	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	14	14	12	11	10	9	15	6	7	8	16	15	15	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	8	15	10	9	8	8	10	11	10	9	9	12	5	8	7	14	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.0 SSE	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.0 NE	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.8 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	8	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	2	2	5	4	5	5	5

	Thu	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.6 ESE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 S	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	16	15
Energy(?)	1385	1945	530	3716	3716	2059	1987	1714	1973	1542	1279	954	663	543	227	290	651	1925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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)	6:44PM 2.49				8:19AM 1.80				8:51PM 1.96					9:19AM 1.76				9:46PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			12:40AM 0.54				2:26PM 0.08					3:14AM 0.11				3:32PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	9	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	5	5	8	8	9	8	7	6	6	8	13	13	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	3.0 SE	1.6 ESE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	15	7	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.6 SSW	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	6	11	11	8	8	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	15