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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	Sat	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	0	2	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	15	8	8	8
Energy(?)	627	233	400	1260	528	719	496	243	302	338	351	340	391	290	643	733	130	292	138	34	31	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 1.73		2:09PM 1.74	2:35AM 1.73		2:36PM 1.73			3:16PM 1.71			3:56PM 1.70		5:24AM 1.68	5:42PM 1.57		5:21AM 1.78	5:39PM 1.64		4:55AM 2.12	6:23PM 1.62	7:13PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		7:54AM 0.32		8:17PM 0.29	8:40AM 0.35		9:47PM 0.32	9:04AM 0.36		10:29PM 0.34	9:46AM 0.38		11:08PM 0.30	11:40AM 0.36		11:51PM 0.31	11:37AM 0.41		12:35AM 0.35	11:17AM 0.74		1:23AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	14	12	23	20	17	21	23	21	19	17	15	20	17	18	25	21	17	23	24	10
Low °C	9	11	13	11	19	17	16	18	22	19	18	17	14	18	16	15	21	16	16	23	11	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	9	23	20	17	21	23	21	19	17	15	20	16	18	25	21	17	23	24	7
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	0.4 S	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.1 S	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	11	7	8	10	9	9	7	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	-	1.0 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 NNE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	-	10	10	9	8	-	8	9	12	-	13	15	14	14	16	15	15	16	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	0.2 W	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	9	9	-	3	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	4	-

	Sat	Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	9
Energy(?)	632	531	667	644	621	359	400	538	709	377	597	510	528	468	385	789	771	596	381	399	548	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50AM 1.73				2:52PM 1.79				2:18AM 1.75				3:32PM 1.61				3:58AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 0.27				7:54AM 0.32				7:59PM 0.30				9:23AM 0.31				8:59PM 0.31				9:24AM 0.37	10:12AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	12	11	10	11	11	18	23	22	21	16	17	18	13	17	23
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	9	11	12	10	8	8	9	10	18	23	22	21	16	17	18	12	16	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.9 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	7	-	11	11	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	-	-	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	10	10	7	8	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	7	8	9

	Saturday 15				Sunday 16
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	542	422	632	622	646	456	318	559	555	276	506	500	420	359	358	358	551	481	451	153	666	475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 0.27													8:35AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	7	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	9	10	6	10	9	5	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	11	10	7	5	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	11	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	14	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	11	10	10