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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	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sun
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 NE	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	9	7	8	12	13	11	10	12	11	7	3	5	7	4	7	11	12	9	12
Energy(?)	133	229	118	143	81	67	46	117	105	116	104	62	21	16	21	12	37	37	172	193	90	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:11PM 1.85		5:42AM 2.17	6:02PM 1.98		6:34AM 2.11		8:03PM 1.97	8:34AM 2.11		8:11PM 1.85	8:40AM 1.93		9:53PM 1.70	10:19AM 1.77		10:49PM 1.66	11:12AM 1.60		10:41PM 1.66	11:23AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	12:10PM 0.06		11:42PM -0.03	12:02PM 0.08		12:19AM -0.01	12:56PM 0.10	1:15PM 0.09	2:21AM 0.03		2:09PM 0.13	2:27AM 0.12		3:02PM 0.18		4:06AM 0.17	4:39PM 0.18		4:59AM 0.22	4:45PM 0.30		5:08AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	13	16	17	15	19	18	15	20	18	15	20	20	18	25	17	14	17	22	19	27
Low °C	14	14	13	15	16	14	17	17	15	18	17	14	18	20	17	22	16	13	15	21	17	25
Chill °C (?)	15	14	11	16	16	15	19	18	15	20	18	15	20	20	18	25	16	14	16	22	19	27
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.7 N	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	8	5	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	10	5	5	7	7	11	4	4	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	16	10	8	5	7	12	13	10	9	9	8	10	10	4	7	5	5	15	12	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 NW	0.8 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	-	-	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	6	-	-	4

	Sunday 04							Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	5	5	9	9	9	9	7	8	5	6	6	12	12	12
Energy(?)	97	86	157	178	118	177	132	118	148	99	143	101	118	87	93	67	55	58	59	113	148	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:48AM 2.05				5:09PM 2.00				6:45AM 2.22				6:21PM 1.95	7:06PM 1.84				7:38AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07AM 0.08				11:42PM -0.03				12:21PM 0.08					1:22AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	15	15	14	11	11	13	12	15	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	17	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	5	5	5	7	5	9	5	5	5	6	6	6	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	16	16	11	10	10	8	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Sunday 04
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	98	97	149	132	132	133	132	154	37	37	160	159	161	226	161	161	110	110	115	144	132	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:48AM 2.18														6:11PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)											11:26AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	15	16	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	14	15	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	8	8	8	4	4	4	5	4	5