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 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	15	10	10	16	15	7	7	7	7	13	8	12	9	16	15	8	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1786	1084	909	1450	286	418	759	269	95	750	127	62	106	72	56	175	1005	2315	355	1028	716	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:22AM 1.63		12:03PM 1.64	12:36AM 1.56		1:05PM 1.69	1:20AM 1.59		1:48PM 1.74	1:47AM 1.65		3:08PM 1.70		3:24AM 1.57	2:54PM 1.87		3:08AM 1.75	3:35PM 1.91		4:55AM 1.79	5:22PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 0.54	5:31AM 0.49		6:22PM 0.52	6:35AM 0.45		7:09PM 0.49	7:20AM 0.40		7:36PM 0.44	8:04AM 0.34		9:21PM 0.36	9:30AM 0.27		9:04PM 0.32	9:15AM 0.21		9:47PM 0.27	11:07AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	5	6	6	5	7	8	8	9	9	10	15	14	14	10	6	6	7	9	8	8	8
Low °C	5	4	4	4	4	5	7	7	6	8	9	10	13	10	9	6	4	6	8	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	5	2	4	4	2	5	6	4	8	6	9	14	12	12	8	3	3	4	5	5	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	1.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	15	10	10	16	8	7	7	7	7	13	8	7	9	16	8	16	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	18	11	11	11	15	18	11	15	12	8	13	13	8	13	8	7	8	12	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.8 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	0.5 N	1.5 NNE	0.3 NW	0.3 SE	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	7	-	3	6	3	3	5	9	15	8	-	-	-

	Sunday 03	Monday 04	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.9 NE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	12	9	9	9	10	16	16	16	15	6	7
Energy(?)	1750	1578	1171	1094	1034	925	909	1733	1450	1220	1013	681	254	264	235	360	759	611	495	345	385	382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)				11:32PM 1.54					12:18PM 1.64				1:12AM 1.50				12:50PM 1.69				2:03AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)						5:48AM 0.47					6:04PM 0.53				7:15AM 0.40				6:51PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	7	8	7	7	7	5	5
Chill °C (?)	7	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	1	3	2	2	2	2	5	6	4	4	4	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	12	9	9	9	10	16	16	16	15	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	18	10	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	12	11	18	11	11	10	10	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	7

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2767	1768	1786	1604	1725	1578	1557	1300	1271	1144	1112	1084	471	464	463	1018	906	888	888	872	150	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:48PM 1.54	12:25AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)						5:33PM 0.53												5:31AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	6	8	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	17	11	11	11	11	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-