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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	0	1	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	11
Energy(?)	732	97	425	475	474	300	106	115	508	178	102	232	365	323	411	265	62	242	160	66	68	258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:50PM 1.99	10:36AM 1.67		11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		12:35AM 1.69	11:58AM 1.74		12:44AM 1.73		1:51PM 1.85	1:39AM 1.84		2:02PM 1.84	2:34AM 1.96		2:56PM 1.89	3:29AM 2.06	4:14AM 2.12	3:34PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		4:21AM 0.41	4:57PM 0.40		5:10AM 0.37	6:27PM 0.32		5:44AM 0.31	6:31PM 0.26		6:54AM 0.25		7:21PM 0.19	7:50AM 0.19		8:13PM 0.11	8:47AM 0.14		9:07PM 0.05	10:32AM 0.09		10:51PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	3	3	2	4
High °C	18	23	13	12	17	18	15	22	22	15	15	14	14	18	21	15	13	15	14	13	12	11
Low °C	17	21	13	11	15	16	14	18	21	11	14	14	13	17	19	11	13	15	12	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	17	23	11	11	17	18	14	22	22	14	13	12	13	18	21	15	13	15	14	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	14	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	8	5	12	12	15	10	-	16	12	7	5	6	6	10	9	9	5	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NNE	0.4 N	1.0 SSE	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	-	2.0 SSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	3	4	-	3	-	4	6	9	4	7	4	-	-	10	-	5	8	3	-	6	4

	Thu	Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	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	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	9
Energy(?)	707	741	682	837	617	105	517	199	448	475	488	213	471	412	336	247	233	483	621	269	207	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		10:10PM 1.52				11:20AM 1.74				11:00PM 1.56				11:24AM 1.69				11:51PM 1.63				12:58PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 0.41				4:39PM 0.41				5:54AM 0.36				5:43PM 0.34				6:45AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	17	19	23	15	14	12	11	11	10	15	16	18	16	14	14	14	15	18	21
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	17	19	23	13	13	11	10	10	9	15	16	18	15	13	13	12	14	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	9	8	8	10	6	5	6	6	12	10	12	12	16	7	7	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	1.0 ESE	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	4	3	11	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	10	10	6	7	9

	Thursday 27	Friday 28
	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	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	154	865	806	758	732	116	104	140	33	775	817	111	837	625	625	572	572	522	552	354	171	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:10PM 1.52												10:36AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)										4:21AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	18	18	17	18	17	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	19	18	17	15	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	22	19	17	17	16	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	16	13	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	9	3	3	3	9	10	10	4	11	4	4	4	4	9	9	11	4	11