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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	Mon	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	1.3 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	4	9	9	8	8	14	16	15	14	15	16	16	17	9	11	10	10	9	17	16	7
Energy(?)	79	84	1117	575	814	831	833	1551	1399	1022	1020	610	293	419	248	244	216	80	86	124	103	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:31AM 1.88	11:48AM 2.40	1:06PM 2.04	1:37AM 1.87		2:09PM 2.03	2:31AM 1.89		2:56PM 1.78		3:17AM 1.63	3:46PM 1.77		4:02AM 1.93	4:35PM 1.75		4:50AM 1.92	5:22PM 1.82		4:58AM 1.81	5:22PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:30AM 0.72		7:28PM 0.23	7:47AM 0.15		8:25PM 0.22	7:25AM 0.65		9:14PM 0.17	9:28AM 0.11		10:05PM 0.16	10:15AM 0.14		10:47PM 0.20	11:03AM 0.16		11:34PM 0.21	11:11AM 0.19		11:39PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	5	7	7	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	9	10	8	10	10	10
Low °C	5	5	6	4	8	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	4	-1	2	3	7	8	7	9	8	9	7	9	9	8	7	5	7	8	6	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	8	8	14	16	15	14	15	9	10	9	9	11	10	10	9	5	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	-	-	10	10	16	9	11	10	13	13	16	16	17	16	15	4	4	20	17	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.3 S	2.5 S	-	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	4	4	9	-	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	6	7

	Mon	Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	0.5 E	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	6	7	9	4	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	14	8	15	15	16	15
Energy(?)	419	194	748	69	84	426	371	776	1984	575	1270	1058	814	682	831	1217	715	568	1553	1531	1551	1495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	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)		11:24PM 2.23	12:31AM 1.88				1:14PM 2.01				1:31AM 1.62				2:03PM 1.78				2:22AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	6:21PM 0.26				6:50AM 0.16				7:25PM 0.18				7:41AM 0.12				8:16PM 0.23				7:58AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	4	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	7	5	5	5	6	8	5	4	6	7	8	10	10	10	9	9	7	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	5	4	3	-1	-1	0	1	7	1	-1	2	3	5	8	7	9	8	7	5	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	16	8	8	14	8	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 NE	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	11	9	7	-	5	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	15	9	17	9	9	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	-	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	6	7	4	4	10	10	9	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18					Tuesday 19
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	331	41	419	84	84	79	79	78	143	99	309	309	408	1416	583	1986	2102	1282	2092	2098	1964	1889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							12:39AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	6:21PM 0.26												6:45AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	7	3	5	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10