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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	11	8	9	9	8	14	12	10	8	8	5	21	6	7	7	4	10	6
Energy(?)	76	158	620	176	209	851	860	377	164	36	297	935	321	95	25	9	177	164	162	62	91	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:06PM 1.82	7:30AM 1.76		7:03PM 1.79	7:28AM 1.82		7:53PM 1.80	9:06AM 2.30		8:48PM 1.80	10:03AM 1.70		10:26PM 1.92	10:14AM 1.72		10:31PM 1.82	11:00AM 1.72		12:35AM 1.72	12:22PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		1:05PM 0.24	1:22AM 0.20		1:50PM 0.20	1:20AM 0.20		1:48PM 0.22	2:13AM 0.23		2:00PM 0.50	3:10AM 0.26		2:52PM 0.55		4:09AM 0.29	4:33PM 0.24		4:53AM 0.32	5:16PM 0.25		6:13AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	16	16	18	13	14	14	15	17	16	14	16	17	17	15	14	14	16	18	15	19
Low °C	18	17	15	15	16	12	13	14	13	16	16	12	15	17	14	15	14	12	15	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	21	16	15	18	11	13	12	13	16	15	12	15	16	17	14	13	14	16	18	15	19
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	1.0 N	0.5 NE	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	9	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	12	10	8	8	5	6	6	7	7	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	8	6	15	4	10	10	9	9	5	8	8	8	13	6	12	10	9	11	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	0.6 NNE	1.6 N	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	1.0 S	1.3 S	-	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	3	4	8	-	3	6	-	2	-	-	3	-	4	6	-	2	4	5	-

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 NE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	9	10	9	8	8	8	6	8
Energy(?)	76	87	89	171	262	603	714	775	666	236	209	330	253	667	2559	1224	874	549	357	247	214	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:05PM 1.66			6:42AM 1.85					7:53PM 1.69				7:28AM 1.82				8:46PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			1:05PM 0.24			12:31AM 0.18								12:46AM 0.51	2:00AM 0.21				1:27PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	22	23	21	17	15	15	15	18	17	18	15	13	12	11	12	13	14	15	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	22	23	21	17	15	15	15	18	16	18	14	13	12	11	12	12	13	14	12	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	4	11	10	6	6	9	10	9	8	8	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 N	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	13	6	6	6	10	5	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	-	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 N
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	4	11	4	6	-	7	9	-	-	-	3	4	6	6

	Thursday 19																Friday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	9	8	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	12	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	65	76	76	92	128	113	134	158	158	63	201	182	143	75	340	347	627	357	402	450	495	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:40PM 2.04	6:16PM 1.78	7:05PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)						12:14PM 0.23												12:11AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	18	20	22	21	20	20	20	22	16	17	19	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	20	22	21	20	20	20	22	15	17	19	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	12	12	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	3	8	8	4	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.5 W	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	3	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	2	-