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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	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	11	10	7	5	15	14	11	11	10	10	7	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1050	704	521	281	195	31	40	434	300	266	148	151	148	385	661	1058	869	733	863	714	331	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:33AM 1.81	5:56PM 1.82		5:55AM 1.77	6:41PM 1.79		7:53AM 1.52		7:28PM 1.75	7:49AM 1.63		8:17PM 1.71	9:20AM 1.68		9:47PM 1.77	10:19AM 1.42		10:47PM 1.72	11:02AM 1.60		10:54PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	11:25PM 0.23	11:46AM 0.24		12:12AM 0.28	12:08PM 0.29		12:59AM 0.34		2:07PM 0.28	1:47AM 0.40		2:53PM 0.32	2:37AM 0.45		3:30PM 0.45		4:15AM 0.37	4:29PM 0.46		4:54AM 0.51	5:13PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	16	16	14	12	14	14	13	15	15	15	16	15	14	17	20	15	17	17	13
Low °C	13	14	17	14	14	12	11	13	13	12	14	15	15	15	14	12	15	17	14	16	15	10
Chill °C (?)	17	15	18	16	16	12	11	14	14	12	14	14	14	15	14	13	17	20	15	17	16	11
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	7	6	7	7	15	6	11	11	10	10	11	11	8	9	10	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.2 E	1.1 NE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	9	6	11	10	10	9	6	14	6	6	5	11	12	15	10	13	9	14	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	4	5	-	4	5	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	4	7	8	8	-	-	-	3	-	2

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	10	7	7	10	5	6	16	16	14
Energy(?)	1232	1382	1246	1000	675	663	521	276	233	293	272	88	103	101	104	80	50	74	72	284	218	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:33AM 1.81				6:44PM 1.62									7:31PM 1.61				7:52AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 0.23				11:46AM 0.24				12:12AM 0.28					1:11PM 0.29				1:51AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	13	15	16	17	20	18	16	17	17	16	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	15	15	17	20	17	16	17	17	16	13	13	10	10	10	10	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	11	6	5	7	7	6	5	5	16	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	4	6	6	7	7	11	11	6	10	8	10	14	10	7	7	6	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.5 NW	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	6	-	3	2	4	4	3	5	-	4	5	4	5	6	6	6	-

	Thursday 02				Friday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 NE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	5	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1254	1233	1232	1232	1059	1382	1326	647	636	1086	1039	701	43	875	747	735	464	195	195	690	349	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:33AM 1.81	6:20AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)					11:05PM 0.22													12:38PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	13	14	15	18	21	22	18	23	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	16	13	13	14	14	12	12	14	11	12	14	15	18	21	22	18	23	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	10	10	9	9	5	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	-