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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	0	4	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SE	3.0 E	2.2 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 NE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	4	6	7	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	12	5	5	5
Energy(?)	65	123	638	1874	1168	284	463	628	100	150	99	282	316	172	179	35	234	94	169	47	146	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:45PM 1.76	1:28PM 1.84	2:04AM 1.94		2:27PM 1.88	3:02AM 2.04		3:24PM 1.93	2:59AM 2.08		3:20PM 1.95		4:11AM 2.13	5:17PM 2.02		5:06AM 2.16	5:27PM 1.97		6:45AM 2.22	6:21PM 1.95		6:54AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			7:44PM 0.17	8:18AM 0.22		8:40PM 0.12	9:17AM 0.17		8:34PM 0.07	10:17AM 0.13		10:31PM 0.01	10:29AM 0.10		10:46PM -0.02	11:26AM 0.08		12:30AM -0.03			12:37AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	10	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	17	16	15	17	18	16	14	16	13	14	16	12	16	15	13	17	17	15	18
Low °C	13	12	12	13	16	15	16	18	14	14	15	12	13	15	11	14	14	12	15	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	17	16	14	16	18	16	13	15	12	13	15	10	15	14	11	17	17	15	18
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.2 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 NE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	13	7	8	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	13	13	9	8	8	16	12	10	11	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SE	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	6	7	-	3	-	-	3	3	5	6	7	7	7	-	-	8	5	5	5	5	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	4	5	6	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	128	45	65	142	123	476	991	561	1094	1331	1459	1535	1144	1174	771	693	580	250	397	583	630	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:29PM 1.83				1:03AM 1.88				1:43PM 1.81				2:19AM 1.98				2:41PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 0.27				7:44PM 0.17				7:16AM 0.23				7:55PM 0.13				9:17AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	3	7	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	10	13	10	11	10	9	10	11	10	11	13	16	17	17	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 E	0.8 SSW	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE
Period (s)	8	4	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.1 S	1.9 SSE	0.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	7	10	10	9	10	-	18	8	12	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	0.3 SE	2.5 ESE	0.4 SW	1.6 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	10	4	5	6	6	9	10	9	3	8	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Tuesday 30
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	4	4	8	8	8	4	5	5	10	6	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	102	51	24	24	36	36	36	57	121	72	110	155	167	163	262	334	467	476	549	682	828	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:19AM 0.27												7:44PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	10	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	7	8	7	9	9	10	8	8	11	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	7	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7