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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	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	0	3	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	11	6	5	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	6	6	8	8
Energy(?)	382	292	71	155	30	95	271	346	1804	1073	934	318	211	196	278	293	173	158	262	313	434	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:05PM 1.76	6:26AM 1.64		6:53PM 1.70	7:16AM 1.58		7:45PM 1.66	8:09AM 1.53		9:01PM 1.63	9:25AM 1.50		9:38PM 2.03	9:56AM 1.97		10:28PM 1.61	10:49AM 1.92		12:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			12:25AM 0.41		12:41PM 0.42	1:15AM 0.48		1:31PM 0.48	2:07AM 0.52		3:26PM 0.41		3:18AM 0.52	3:13PM 0.53		3:31AM 1.03	4:00PM 0.88		4:45AM 0.98	5:47PM 0.46		6:21AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	14	13	13	16	15	15	19	22	17	16	14	11	14	14	11	15	16	13	17
Low °C	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	15	14	17	19	16	13	12	11	13	12	9	13	14	12	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	14	12	13	14	13	15	19	22	17	16	13	10	13	12	8	14	14	11	16
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	14	6	5	6	5	12	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	5	10	13	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	15	11	11	10	14	14	15	13	9	9	16	16	16	14	5	9	14	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.8 S	-	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	5	7	7	8	-	-	4	-	3	5	-	9	5	6	6	8	8

	Sunday 05							Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	10	11	10	10	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8
Energy(?)	121	222	382	372	292	308	304	308	213	208	72	172	243	133	68	95	135	292	259	366	448	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)		5:39AM 1.71					6:05PM 1.76				7:40AM 1.58				6:33PM 1.98				6:23AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39AM 0.34			11:53AM 0.36					12:25AM 0.41				1:03PM 0.40				12:32AM 0.82				2:42PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	15	15	13	13	13	15	13	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	11	12	5	5	5	6	11	6	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	6	11	11	10	5	5	10	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8

	Sunday 05
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	5	5	5
Energy(?)	32	128	128	128	199	222	292	319	382	388	137	339	327	358	41	41	32	308	32	20	20	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						5:39AM 1.71														7:18PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39AM 0.34												12:15PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	16	16	16	15	15	15	5	15	14	14	15	15	4	14	4	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	7	17	17	17	5	5	5	9	9	9	16	5	5	9	15	15	15	9	14	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-