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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	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tue
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	3	3	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	4	7	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	8	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	426	217	80	29	34	59	53	216	423	198	343	505	159	264	254	322	436	976	798	335	85	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:19AM 1.95		9:48PM 1.81	11:22AM 2.03		11:09PM 1.78	11:38AM 1.87		12:50AM 1.82		1:15PM 1.90	1:44AM 1.80		1:23PM 1.78	2:34AM 1.78		1:40PM 2.08	3:21AM 1.79		2:52PM 1.71	3:17AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34PM 0.14		5:04AM 0.12	4:58PM 0.20		5:17AM 0.20	5:37PM 0.24		6:56AM 0.24		7:29PM 0.23	7:49AM 0.29		8:18PM 0.27	8:39AM 0.34		9:02PM 0.30	9:25AM 0.37		8:59PM 0.31	9:24AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	14	12	11	13	12	12	18	16	16	13	14	11	16	16	14	22	23	18	21
Low °C	12	13	10	13	11	10	13	12	10	15	16	7	11	12	10	13	16	12	18	22	14	20
Chill °C (?)	14	13	10	12	10	9	11	9	10	18	15	14	11	13	9	14	14	13	22	23	18	21
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	2.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	-	14	7	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	10	14	13	12	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	14	11	13	12	8	7	6	9	14	5	15	7	-	-	-	12	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.5 NE	0.9 NNW	-	1.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 N
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	5	-	-	5	3	2	3	4	-	9	3	10	7	8	-	3	2	4

	Tuesday 11					Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Fri
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	6	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	273	319	214	198	166	155	110	156	29	48	69	71	62	130	55	63	50	53	114	291	560	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	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)		10:14AM 2.12				10:06PM 1.81				11:22AM 2.03				11:09PM 1.78				12:21PM 1.97				12:07AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			3:42PM 0.20	4:44PM 0.12				4:03AM 0.17				5:41PM 0.16				6:01AM 0.18				5:53PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	4	2	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	14	13	11	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	15	13	11	10	8	8	8	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	10	12	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.8 E
Period (s)	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	14	14	13	7	13	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	12	14	12	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	8	-	-	3	8	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	12	2	3	5	6	6

	Tuesday 11																Wednesday 12
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	4	7	7	6	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	4	7	6	8	8	8
Energy(?)	29	465	426	37	629	319	287	249	90	108	108	198	179	169	144	144	8	73	61	84	112	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:19AM 1.98	10:22AM 2.10												10:51PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)										4:44PM 0.12												4:19AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	15	14	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	2.0 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	11	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	7	-	3	7	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	4	3	3	3	3	3