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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	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.3 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	10	10	16	8	11	6	6	13	9	7	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	8	9
Energy(?)	248	137	197	213	131	128	153	15	22	6	42	12	5	16	14	22	30	79	46	148	190	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 1.58	8:27AM 1.73		9:36PM 1.63	10:01AM 1.56		10:24PM 1.52	9:39AM 1.70		11:14PM 1.69	10:52AM 1.70		12:09AM 1.53	12:31PM 1.58		1:04AM 1.70	12:45PM 1.76		1:21AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		2:55PM 0.34	2:15AM 0.36		2:51PM 0.39	3:50AM 0.35		4:22PM 0.31			4:23PM 0.34		4:42AM 0.34	5:59PM 0.28		6:19AM 0.25	6:47PM 0.20		6:35AM 0.28	6:59PM 0.19		7:33AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	10	4	2	5	4
High °C	20	22	15	18	22	16	18	20	15	15	14	13	14	15	14	15	15	13	10	11	11	12
Low °C	17	20	13	17	21	14	17	19	9	15	14	11	12	15	14	15	14	10	9	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	20	22	14	17	22	15	18	20	14	15	13	12	13	14	13	14	14	12	8	8	10	11
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 ENE	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	9	8	10	10	9	8	11	6	6	7	3	4	9	9	9	8	8	5	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	12	11	8	4	12	8	8	8	4	6	9	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	10	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.9 WNW	0.4 NE	1.1 NNE	0.6 WNW	1.4 N	0.6 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.9 E
Period (s)	3	4	8	5	3	5	4	-	3	3	5	-	-	2	3	-	3	4	5	7	6	9

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	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	11	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	248	242	241	186	146	72	103	92	113	264	213	59	197	49	101	66	56	57	153	134	130	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:45AM 1.75				8:53PM 1.42				8:27AM 1.73				9:38PM 1.42				9:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	2:17AM 0.32				2:07PM 0.40				3:01AM 0.32				2:51PM 0.39				3:47AM 0.32				3:36PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	17	20	20	21	17	14	13	15	17	21	20	18	15	15	13	13	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	13	17	20	20	21	16	13	12	14	16	21	20	17	14	14	12	13	16	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	6	4	4	3	11	11	11	8	8	4	16	12	8	12	6	6	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.6 N	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.2 W	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	3	-	-	11	4	3	6	3	5	3	5	4	4	-	3	3	4	4	4	4

	Wednesday 24
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	300	294	368	319	317	82	254	190	190	209	194	50	177	47	137	110	110	103	148	137	127	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:32AM 1.68												8:02PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		2:17AM 0.32												2:57PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	17	19	20	18	18	23	19	23	23	23	21	20	16	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	12	12	17	18	20	18	18	23	19	23	23	23	21	20	15	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.5 NNE	0.1 NE	0.5 NNE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	12	5	9	9	9	6	4	9	4	12	12	12	12	11	8	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4