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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	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 NE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 NE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	4	7	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	7	10	10	9	10	8	9	9
Energy(?)	34	35	98	143	347	417	322	345	273	268	213	502	343	383	732	473	715	846	358	656	345	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:39AM 1.93		11:52PM 1.86	12:20PM 1.96		12:50AM 1.82			1:44AM 1.80		2:07PM 1.85	2:25AM 1.81		2:46PM 1.55	3:14AM 1.63		2:52PM 1.71	3:17AM 1.74	4:03AM 1.79	3:16PM 1.71	3:40AM 1.78	4:41AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 0.23		6:01AM 0.18	6:36PM 0.20		6:56AM 0.24	6:45PM 0.25	7:29PM 0.23	7:49AM 0.29		8:09PM 0.28	7:54AM 0.32		9:00PM 0.27	9:23AM 0.33		8:59PM 0.31	10:12AM 0.39		9:19PM 0.33	10:55AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	9	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	12	13	12	16	18	17	13	13	10	13	13	12	23	23	21	23	21	20	23
Low °C	13	11	12	12	12	10	15	18	6	10	12	9	12	12	11	18	21	16	21	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	10	11	11	16	18	16	12	12	8	12	10	9	23	23	21	23	21	20	23
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	7	6	7	7	10	9	6	9	9	9	10	8	7	10	10	10	9	10	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 NE	1.0 E	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	11	13	8	8	6	6	9	6	7	7	15	10	14	7	7	10	9	9	13	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	0.3 NW	-	-	0.9 S	-	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	0.4 NW	1.6 ENE	0.6 NW	1.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	7	3	4	-	3	9	3	-	-	8	-	10	7	3	10	4	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12							Thursday 13								Friday 14
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	233	143	34	47	66	61	51	127	58	66	64	192	277	580	512	525	740	541	209	248	345	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:22AM 2.03				11:09PM 1.78				12:12PM 1.98				12:44AM 1.68				12:18PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		4:03AM 0.17				5:41PM 0.16				6:01AM 0.18				6:33PM 0.15				6:13AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	12	15	16	17	19
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	12	10	10	9	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	15	16	17	19
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	7	14	14	14	7	13	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	12	14	12	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	7	8	8	6	7	6	6	6	8	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.3 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	7	-	-	2	4	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	5

	Wednesday 12
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	5
Energy(?)	155	82	42	42	55	73	73	183	34	40	51	107	72	52	62	64	120	112	61	21	21	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:23AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)					5:04AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	6	4	4	14	14	14	7	14	14	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	14	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	13	13	11	11	13	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5