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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	Sun		Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.8 S	0.7 ENE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	9	8	13	12	13	12	11	6	6	7	7	7	9	7	10	8	8	8
Energy(?)	229	189	142	113	99	70	154	278	321	256	210	193	277	494	149	149	287	617	179	934	688	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:52AM 1.85	6:09PM 1.57		6:38AM 1.88	6:05PM 1.68		6:31AM 1.83	6:46PM 1.68		7:12AM 1.81		8:19PM 2.10	7:55AM 1.78		8:16PM 1.67	8:42AM 1.75		9:07PM 1.68	9:33AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 0.30	11:04AM 0.36		12:21AM 0.30	12:56PM 0.34		12:15AM 0.26	12:49PM 0.32		12:59AM 0.26		2:24PM 0.30	2:19AM 0.45		2:18PM 0.30	2:34AM 0.29		3:05PM 0.30	3:26AM 0.30		3:36PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	27	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	14	14	11	14	14	12	16	17	16	17	16	15	17	14	12	12	15	13	15	15
Low °C	14	11	13	13	11	14	14	12	14	15	15	16	15	14	15	12	11	11	13	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	9	14	13	10	15	16	15	16	15	14	15	12	9	11	14	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.3 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.5 S	1.1 E	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	8	13	12	10	12	11	13	10	10	7	7	9	10	10	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	-	1.1 E	0.1 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	13	11	8	20	12	18	10	11	10	14	-	10	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	-	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	0.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	5	5	6	6	7	-	2	6	7	8	8	8	8

	Sunday 18			Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	12	14	14
Energy(?)	282	226	205	124	60	57	142	128	113	103	113	99	46	40	70	157	154	228	254	341	344	345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:57AM 1.87				5:24PM 1.68				6:25AM 2.23				6:05PM 1.68				6:10AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)				11:34PM 0.29				11:24AM 0.36				11:33PM 0.28				12:07PM 0.34				12:15AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	13	12	11	10	13	14	14	13	11	11	10	11	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	12	11	9	12	13	13	12	9	10	9	11	14	13	13	13	10	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	13	8	13	12	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	14	8	13	8	8	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-

	Sunday 18	Monday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	9
Energy(?)	361	286	282	222	134	114	251	208	208	207	190	189	60	57	178	176	151	150	147	146	142	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:11AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)										10:50PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-