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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	Tue	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	0.1 NE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	7	7	10	5	6	6	16	9	8	5	10	10	13	13	9	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	159	148	144	282	70	119	105	76	59	91	108	96	49	22	14	460	462	860	2148	5	899	492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 1.83	11:18AM 1.72		11:39PM 1.85	12:06PM 1.75		12:43AM 1.91		2:03PM 1.86	1:57AM 1.96		2:18PM 1.84	2:50AM 2.00		3:54PM 1.94		4:23AM 2.07	4:45PM 1.94		5:13AM 2.06	5:32PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 0.30	5:33PM 0.23		5:56AM 0.31	6:17PM 0.22		6:56AM 0.27		7:31PM 0.15	8:10AM 0.22		8:28PM 0.11	9:24AM 0.39		10:05PM 0.09	10:41AM 0.14		10:59PM 0.08	11:32AM 0.13		11:45PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	6	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	15	17	19	17	12	11	13	12	14	15	12	16	13	10	9	11	10	12	13	10
Low °C	11	14	14	14	19	13	10	10	12	11	13	14	11	14	8	7	8	11	9	11	13	10
Chill °C (?)	11	15	13	17	19	17	10	10	12	12	14	14	10	16	11	7	5	7	7	10	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.1 E	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	10	10	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	9	8	6	5	5	13	13	11	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	6	16	10	11	15	10	9	6	16	14	14	14	10	10	9	11	-	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.6 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	2.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	5	4	5	-	3	10	5	6	-	-	-	2	5	2	3	3	4	9	-	-	-	4

	Tue	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough 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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	10	10	7	7	5	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	217	167	151	115	148	127	121	116	315	327	321	270	205	119	176	51	50	53	115	96	76	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 1.83				11:00AM 1.72				11:56PM 1.86				12:53PM 2.26	1:04PM 1.84				1:39AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				4:53AM 0.32				5:16PM 0.25				6:13AM 0.29					7:16PM 0.17				7:51AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	3	1	1	1	3
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	14	16	17	16	18	15	17	18	21	19	16	13	11	11	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	9	13	15	16	15	18	15	17	18	21	19	16	12	8	9	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	6	6	16	15	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	5	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	-	-	4	4	10	10	4	4	5	6	6	6	-

	Tuesday 24				Wednesday 25
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough 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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6
Energy(?)	249	223	217	194	173	159	154	139	54	149	127	124	105	39	47	87	101	96	111	129	223	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:31PM 1.82														12:02PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)											5:11AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	16	17	18	18	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	15	16	17	17	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	6	6	6	6	7	16	16	16	16	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6