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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	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE
Period(s)	11	13	15	13	16	16	14	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	13	14	15	14	16	18	18	16
Energy	225	368	1339	1006	1361	1450	1158	940	329	267	53	2398	1319	1681	1154	1428	2388	1946	4152	1679	1906	1969
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 1.82		10:05PM 1.92	10:17AM 1.80		11:02PM 1.86	11:32AM 1.78		12:33AM 1.74		12:04PM 2.10	12:45AM 1.76		1:14PM 1.76	1:32AM 1.72		2:00PM 1.76	2:52AM 1.77		3:28PM 1.83		3:41AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		3:45PM 0.14		4:04AM 0.19	4:43PM 0.19		5:16AM 0.19	5:38PM 0.25	6:18PM 0.21	6:49AM 0.19		6:30PM 0.29	7:37AM 0.23		7:20PM 0.33	7:40AM 0.29		8:45PM 0.38	9:01AM 0.33		9:41PM 0.39	9:51AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	10	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	9	10	12	13	12	14	15	12	9	10	9	11
Low °C	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	13	10	11	13	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	11	8	8	12	12	10	9	9	8	12	12	12	14	15	11	9	9	7	11
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	13	15	13	16	16	14	13	12	12	5	15	15	14	13	14	15	14	16	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	5	5	12	16	10	11	5	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	18	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	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 - 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 - Gough 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	340	279	225	221	368	518	1160	1339	1135	1020	1006	1173	1361	1561	1526	1450	1450	1395	1158	1086	940	916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
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
High Tide / height (m)				9:34AM 1.82				10:05PM 1.92				10:34AM 1.80				11:02PM 1.86				11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08AM 0.17				3:45PM 0.14				4:04AM 0.19				4:43PM 0.19				5:16AM 0.19				5:38PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	15	12	12	11	11	16	10	10	10	9	11	11	5	5	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-

	Saturday 23
	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 - Raupo Bay 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 - 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 - 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15
Energy	345	345	340	303	298	279	265	237	225	225	263	221	279	287	368	368	513	518	518	1160	1160	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										9:34AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				3:08AM 0.17												3:45PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	15	15	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-