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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	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	0.6 SE	2.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	4	9	9	8	8	14	16	15	14	15	16	20	17	14	12	11	11	10	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	79	1081	553	50	855	788	1551	1397	1023	591	712	1887	806	535	404	329	40	106	104	22	126	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:14PM 2.01	1:37AM 1.87		2:03PM 1.78	2:25AM 1.63		2:56PM 1.78		3:17AM 1.63	3:29PM 2.36		4:02AM 1.93	4:35PM 1.85		4:50AM 1.92	5:15PM 2.01		5:36AM 1.89	6:00PM 1.95		5:43AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 0.23	6:30AM 0.70		8:21PM 0.17	8:33AM 0.14		9:14PM 0.17	9:28AM 0.11		10:06PM 0.18	10:15AM 0.14		10:47PM 0.20	11:03AM 0.16		11:34PM 0.21	11:51AM 0.20		11:39PM 0.24	11:58AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	9	10	9	10	10	8	9	9	7	8	8	7	9	11	9	12	12	9	12
Low °C	6	6	4	9	9	7	8	8	7	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	9	5	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	6	8	7	10	8	6	9	9	7	6	6	5	6	10	8	12	11	8	12
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	14	16	15	14	10	9	14	9	14	12	11	11	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	12	-	10	10	16	9	11	13	9	15	16	20	17	8	9	16	16	10	17	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.5 S	-	0.4 SW	2.1 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	9	-	3	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	7	3

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	4	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	79	372	361	756	1896	553	839	1049	907	969	508	310	720	610	3659	1748	1551	1453	1397	1322	1134	1023
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:14PM 2.01				1:28AM 1.90				1:46PM 2.39				2:22AM 1.92				2:53PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	6:50AM 0.16				7:25PM 0.18				7:41AM 0.12				8:16PM 0.23				8:33AM 0.14				8:33PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	6	8	6	4	6	7	7	9	9	10	9	10	7	8	8	10	11	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	1	2	1	7	2	-1	3	3	3	6	7	8	7	9	5	6	7	10	10	7	6	6
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.6 SE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	6	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	16	9	17	9	9	11	13	13	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.5 S	-	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	9	10	9	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	-	8	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19																	Wednesday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	4	4	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	66	101	79	238	1069	1067	2047	1112	1081	1014	137	821	1388	684	1185	1099	1117	1017	916	839	839	802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								1:08PM 1.76												1:28AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	6:50AM 0.16													7:25PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8
Chill °C (?)	-1	-1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	5
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	7	7	12	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9