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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	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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 - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	3.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	5	6	9	9	9	9	13	12	14	13	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	13
Energy(?)	23	211	78	1075	914	709	1496	964	435	213	69	1456	661	302	85	54	60	157	125	311	817	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.80		1:13PM 1.93	2:16AM 1.86		2:43PM 1.97	2:56AM 1.89	3:04AM 1.86	3:29PM 1.94		3:41AM 1.89	3:07PM 2.17		4:32AM 1.58	4:09PM 1.82		4:30AM 1.78	4:31PM 1.80		5:13AM 1.76	5:34PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 0.18		8:08PM 0.23	8:25AM 0.19		8:49PM 0.23	9:15AM 0.20		9:35PM 0.24	9:53AM 0.22		10:20PM 0.24	10:45AM 0.21		10:01PM 0.25	10:43AM 0.27		10:43PM 0.29	11:28AM 0.32		11:48PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	16	15	14	6	7	7	6	9	15	12	17	13	12	13	14	12	15	18	12	13	10	9
Low °C	13	13	8	4	7	6	5	8	14	10	14	13	9	11	13	7	11	16	11	12	9	7
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	2	3	7	2	7	15	9	16	10	11	12	14	12	15	18	10	13	8	6
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 S	2.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	10	6	9	11	8	9	13	12	14	8	10	10	9	8	15	8	8	7	7	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 NE	0.7 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	-	9	15	-	6	13	15	16	15	8	15	13	11	10	9	16	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	2.3 NE	3.0 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.9 NE	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	-	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	3	9	9	-	4	5	3	3	6	9	-	-	8	-	-	7	4	4	-	5

	Wed	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	9	7	12	9	14	13	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	342	318	497	28	17	13	78	50	58	1075	1409	792	914	321	641	1144	1107	1358	1148	1109	964	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	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)			12:43AM 1.80				1:46PM 2.02				2:08AM 1.89				2:01PM 1.92				2:04AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.25				7:33AM 0.18				8:08PM 0.23				8:16AM 0.19				8:13PM 0.22				8:29AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	13	14	16	14	11	7	5	5	5	6	7	8	6	5	5	6	6	8	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	10	12	14	13	8	4	2	2	2	3	4	8	3	1	1	3	2	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.7 S	1.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.2 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	9	6	9	7	6	9	4	13	11	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	12	12	6	14	5	6	8	-	-	9	8	11	13	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	4	7	7	3	4	4	3	3	4	9	10	9	9	-	-	-	2	4	4	5	5	5

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.6 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.1 SE	1.2 NNE	0.4 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	5	5	7	6	6	7	9	10	9	9	6	9	9	14	14	9	9	9
Energy(?)	130	342	342	57	23	23	318	28	29	497	309	7	322	53	158	91	74	145	145	62	62	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								1:24AM 1.86											12:58PM 1.94	1:13PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.25													7:27AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	11	12	13	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	14	13	11	13	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	11	14	13	13	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.1 SE	1.2 NNE	0.4 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.9 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	9	10	9	9	6	9	6	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.3 NE	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	9	4	4	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.6 NNE	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	5	4	4	8	5	5	7	-	-	7	4	-	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3