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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	Thu	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	2	1	2	1	0	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.1 S	1.5 S	0.4 SE	0.9 S	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	11	10	9	14	12	11	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	94	737	938	413	62	289	710	484	213	562	160	70	349	1233	2100	837	360	35	155	350	187	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 2.05		2:14PM 1.87	3:37AM 2.14		3:24PM 1.90	3:41AM 2.11		4:17PM 1.94		4:49AM 2.10	5:09PM 1.95		6:24AM 2.14	6:46PM 1.98		6:09AM 2.05	6:30PM 1.91		7:17AM 1.94		7:19PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		9:05AM 0.20		9:14PM 0.09	9:01AM 0.17		9:19PM 0.03	10:13AM 0.12		10:30PM 0.00	11:06AM 0.10		11:23PM 0.00	12:46PM 0.09		11:56PM 0.03	12:28PM 0.12		1:06AM 0.10		1:37PM 0.16	1:37AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	19	18	14	17	18	19	23	25	12	15	14	13	17	15	14	19	22	17
Low °C	13	13	14	13	15	17	14	15	17	15	21	24	11	13	14	12	16	15	14	16	22	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	19	18	14	17	18	18	23	25	9	14	12	13	17	14	12	19	22	17
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.1 S	1.5 S	0.4 SE	0.9 S	1.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	11	13	11	10	9	14	12	11	10	7	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	12	11	11	5	11	11	11	13	13	9	11	-	11	8	9	9	6	13	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	2.3 NE	0.7 NW	0.7 N	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.5 S	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	10	7	3	3	8	10	10	-	2	3	6	-	7	-

	Thu	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	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	Leithfield Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	4	5	6	7	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	11	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	54	76	127	200	737	860	919	776	606	413	348	299	302	50	226	289	389	467	657	614	551	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:52AM 1.98				2:14PM 1.87				3:04AM 2.04								3:58AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 0.13				8:05AM 0.22				8:40PM 0.09				9:19AM 0.17	10:03AM 0.15			9:19PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	15	19	19	17	14	14	14	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	15	19	19	17	13	14	14	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	6	7	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	11	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	10	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	11	15	14	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 29	Friday 30
	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	Leithfield Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	4	5	12	5	12	12	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	28	54	153	100	144	107	94	83	43	43	200	200	195	86	86	773	895	938	909	925	938	806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:52AM 1.98	2:08AM 1.98												2:29PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		8:26PM 0.13													9:05AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	5	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	12	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	4	-	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	5	5	3