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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	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	0	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	8	13	13
Energy(?)	1037	538	803	303	233	685	715	279	599	659	275	461	305	496	175	295	37	214	207	30	261	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 1.75		2:36PM 1.73	3:58AM 1.64		3:16PM 1.71			3:56PM 1.70		4:40AM 1.77	5:45PM 1.71		6:04AM 2.22	6:29PM 1.70		6:51AM 1.69			6:48AM 1.75		7:07PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		9:27AM 0.37		9:43PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.35		10:25PM 0.31	10:08AM 0.38		10:20PM 0.34	10:52AM 0.40		10:41PM 0.36	12:18PM 0.77		12:38AM 0.38		1:12PM 0.37	12:31AM 0.40		1:09PM 0.44	1:17AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	11	24	18	19	23	23	19	18	18	14	19	17	19	21	20	11	14	13	12	14	13	12
Low °C	11	18	17	18	20	23	15	15	17	13	17	16	15	21	15	10	13	12	11	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	8	24	17	19	23	23	19	17	18	13	19	16	19	21	20	8	12	11	10	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	-	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	5	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	9	-	12	13	14	15	14	-	16	15	15	5	15	14	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	2.2 NE	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.8 ENE	0.9 S	-	0.7 SE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SW	0.7 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	-	9	-	-	2	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	10	4	-	5	4	2	4	4

	Sun	Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10
Energy(?)	613	932	1238	578	538	505	946	704	1010	705	1081	228	399	353	466	399	419	343	1377	651	836	720
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:18AM 1.75				3:32PM 1.61				3:17AM 1.74	4:03AM 1.79				4:19PM 1.73			3:58AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.30				9:23AM 0.33				8:40PM 0.31				9:04AM 0.36	10:11AM 0.73				10:25PM 0.31				10:08AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	18	20	23	17	19	16	16	16	19	22	23	22	20	20	18	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	18	20	23	16	19	16	16	16	19	22	23	22	20	20	18	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.2 NNE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	10	6	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	13	9	9	9	9	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.4 NNE	2.0 ENE	-	1.6 NNE	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.3 NE	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	8	8	-	-	-	10	8	9	-	8	-	9	9	-	3	-	-	8	-	3	3

	Sunday 16				Monday 17
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	7	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	537	279	613	532	542	388	1042	972	1238	963	1539	357	545	332	378	332	459	414	1937	796	803	802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:35AM 1.73												2:52PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.30														9:27AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	18	20	23	24	20	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	10	9	9	9	12	13	17	20	23	24	20	20	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	10	7	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	1.1 E	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	7	11	6	10	6	10	12	6	11	11	12	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.5 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE
Period (s)	10	7	10	7	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	9	9	9