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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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Canterbury Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	20
Energy(?)	1782	3307	1439	1210	1107	1065	1405	689	577	257	381	320	275	151	351	269	194	291	275	202	82	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 2.13	5:53PM 1.76		6:11AM 1.73			6:56AM 1.60		7:23PM 1.76	7:44AM 1.61		8:10PM 1.75	7:45AM 1.71		7:51PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.74		9:53PM 1.86	9:39AM 1.76		10:50PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	10:03PM 0.74	10:11AM 0.71		12:15AM 0.32		12:25PM 0.25	11:51PM 0.30		1:08PM 0.21	1:45AM 0.24		1:11PM 0.23	2:33AM 0.21		1:44PM 0.24	2:17AM 0.26		2:39PM 0.25		3:28AM 0.23	3:55PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	14	11	9	12	13	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	7
Low °C	10	11	13	9	10	11	10	11	10	7	9	9	7	7	8	6	10	10	8	7	8	6
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	10	10	10	8	12	11	7	11	11	5	9	9	7	8	7	8	8	9	6
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	1.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 NE	1.0 S	1.2 E	0.4 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	14	16	16	14	13	18	17	8	15	14	14	7	6	11	6	10	10	5	11	4	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 NE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	4	3

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	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 E	4.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	11	10
Energy(?)	2433	3745	5442	1633	1347	1087	1655	1295	1344	1210	1069	1595	999	1548	1065	1626	1386	573	530	1122	810	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:28AM 1.73				5:53PM 1.76				5:23AM 1.69	6:10AM 1.59			5:30PM 1.87					6:08AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		10:03PM 0.74				11:39AM 0.28					12:13AM 0.30			11:35AM 0.24				11:51PM 0.30	1:01AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	10	11	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	8	9	13	13	11	10	9	9	9	7	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	13	19	11	10	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	1.4 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	20	13	18	18	10	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 E	4.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	10	9	-	-	-	-