Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Sat		Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	1	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 NE	0.9 ENE	2.3 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 NE	0.7 E	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s)	11	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	10	9	10	6	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	408	448	370	375	572	125	1358	365	304	864	748	1019	594	126	515	276	174	410	322	478	381	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:41AM 1.67	4:07PM 1.79		5:12AM 1.71	4:50PM 1.79		5:57AM 1.70	5:34PM 1.78		6:31AM 1.70		7:06PM 1.82	6:37AM 1.58		7:49PM 1.66	7:21AM 1.55		7:46PM 1.68	8:06AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		9:38PM 0.40	9:48AM 0.35		10:22PM 0.41	11:22AM 0.37		11:55PM 0.37			11:53PM 0.43		12:02PM 0.39	1:28AM 0.42		12:47PM 0.41	2:11AM 0.38		1:32PM 0.42	2:09AM 0.45		2:53PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	16	16	16	15	19	15	16	19	15	12	12	12	10	14	15	15	16	16	15	13	12
Low °C	12	12	13	15	15	17	14	15	16	12	11	12	11	8	12	13	14	15	15	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	15	13	19	14	15	19	15	10	12	11	8	13	14	14	15	15	14	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.5 NE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 NE	0.7 E	0.3 S	0.7 NE	1.1 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 S	1.3 NE
Period (s)	11	7	9	12	14	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	10	8	12	8	8	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	12	9	9	9	12	14	12	12	13	5	5	12	10	9	8	-	9	12	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 NE	-	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 NE	-	-	1.6 NE	-
Period (s)	5	-	7	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	4	-	-	3	10	6	-	8	-	-	8	-

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	1	3	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	0.3 SSW	2.0 NE	1.0 ENE	2.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE
Period(s)	11	10	7	7	11	9	7	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	408	311	715	448	722	55	370	342	375	520	60	572	129	1062	125	115	1358	153	157	365	271	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high-ebb	high	low-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
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 1.69				4:25AM 1.58				4:07PM 1.79				4:24AM 1.65				5:38PM 1.85				5:57AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				9:38PM 0.40				9:48AM 0.35				10:22PM 0.41				10:11AM 0.37				11:55PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	12	12	14	13	13	16	16	15	17	15	18	16	17	19	15	18	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	10	12	12	11	15	15	13	16	14	18	15	17	19	14	18	16	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	6	7	7	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	14	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	7	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	12	12	-	14	14	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	1.7 NE	-	1.6 NNE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	-	2.1 NE	-	0.8 NNE	2.3 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE
Period (s)	5	-	7	-	7	7	7	8	8	8	5	8	-	8	-	4	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Saturday 30											Sunday 31
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	1	3	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 S	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NNE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	7	11	7	7	7	11	11	9	9	9	7	7	7
Energy	608	477	408	386	267	311	267	242	715	708	584	448	448	648	722	712	74	55	55	370	370	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					4:08PM 1.69											3:41AM 1.67	4:25AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)										9:38PM 0.40												9:48AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	11	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	9	16	14	13	12	11	10	11	10	12	11	12	11	12	12	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7