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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 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	5	7	7	8	8	7	7	12	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	12	11
Energy(?)	455	28	61	119	574	416	101	168	113	86	22	53	27	259	699	780	807	1068	718	91	356	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 1.64	2:52AM 1.72		3:47PM 1.55	3:17AM 1.76		3:49PM 1.64	3:18AM 2.10	5:02AM 1.84	5:18PM 1.70		5:34AM 1.88	5:51PM 1.73		6:24AM 1.62	6:41PM 1.55		7:09AM 1.85		7:25PM 1.54	7:03AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28PM 0.37	8:58AM 0.44		8:51PM 0.38	9:43AM 0.44		9:17PM 0.65	11:14AM 0.43		11:14PM 0.75	11:50AM 0.43		11:58PM 0.37	12:43PM 0.34		12:53AM 0.35		1:29PM 0.39	1:34AM 0.32
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	22	9	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-
High °C	19	16	14	9	13	14	10	14	16	15	20	19	8	13	14	9	11	13	11	13	13	12
Low °C	18	15	8	8	12	10	9	13	15	14	20	9	8	9	10	9	11	11	11	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	16	13	5	11	12	8	13	16	15	20	19	5	12	14	8	9	12	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 E	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	1.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	5	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	4	8	6	8	8	8	11	8	10	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	4	8	8	15	9	14	12	8	8	8	9	8	13	8	11	8	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.6 NW	1.6 S	-	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	2	-	5	4	7	7	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	3	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	New Brighton Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.4 S	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	8	5	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	464	519	381	302	84	173	93	76	54	73	152	69	397	368	349	266	228	65	69	75	155	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:24PM 1.64				2:52AM 1.72				3:52PM 1.69					4:13AM 1.56				4:35PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 0.43				9:11PM 0.34				8:30AM 0.64				9:48PM 0.39					10:30AM 0.44
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	10	5	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	19	16	13	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	9	10	12	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	19	16	12	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	7	7	8	10	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 E	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	4	11	10	7	10	10	9	8	4	8	14	14	14	14	8	9	13	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 WNW	1.4 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	3	-	4	5	6	7	6	3	4	3	7	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16																Wednesday 17
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	New Brighton Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.3 SE	0.8 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Energy(?)	38	462	455	466	16	121	467	419	55	95	76	68	257	301	301	82	58	35	35	35	75	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:24PM 1.64													3:31AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 0.43													9:05PM 0.39
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	17	19	19	14	19	21	20	18	17	16	18	19	19	17	16	15	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	19	19	17	19	19	13	19	21	20	18	16	15	18	18	19	16	16	13	11
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	4	17	17	11	11	11	11	5	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 S
Period (s)	8	-	2	3	3	4	3	3	7	3	3	3	-	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	5	6

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