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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	10	7	7	7	8	8	9	12	10	10
Energy(?)	290	161	243	365	508	433	356	218	200	184	142	77	88	149	261	321	190	291	1280	683	552	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:22PM 1.64	10:24AM 1.58		11:18PM 1.62	11:40AM 1.55		12:47AM 1.72	12:19PM 1.54		1:05AM 1.64		1:23PM 1.56	1:38AM 1.68		2:09PM 1.58	2:36AM 1.72		2:51PM 1.62	3:18AM 1.77		4:16PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 0.33		4:13AM 0.47	4:56PM 0.42		5:26AM 0.50	5:46PM 0.46		6:00AM 0.54	6:35PM 0.47		7:09AM 0.52		7:06PM 0.47	7:57AM 0.50		8:08PM 0.42	8:42AM 0.46		8:52PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	15	15	15	17	20	21	20	18	16	20	18	22	21	20	21	14	15	13	15	15
Low °C	13	12	14	15	15	16	20	18	19	17	16	18	18	17	21	19	13	14	15	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	15	14	17	20	21	20	18	15	20	18	22	21	20	21	13	14	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 NE	0.2 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	10	13	13	13	12	11	10	7	9	8	10	7	7	10	8	8	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	12	4	8	8	5	6	7	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	13	17	15	5	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	-	0.4 NW	1.7 NE	0.3 WNW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	7	4	5	-	3	7	2	6	9	12	6	6

	Sunday 08			Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	5	8	7	8	9	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	7
Energy(?)	42	246	207	161	222	299	292	287	337	426	426	514	508	456	433	426	356	337	269	254	242	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:22PM 1.64				11:22AM 1.70				11:18PM 1.62				11:40AM 1.55				12:13AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		4:05PM 0.37				4:33AM 0.45				4:56PM 0.42				5:07AM 0.52				5:46PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	20	20	20	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	15	17	20	20	20	20	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	9	12	12	13	10	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	10	9	9	9	9	9	4	13	8	8	8	8	14	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	42	425	280	261	264	246	220	185	207	188	162	161	171	223	219	219	300	299	289	288	292	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										10:22PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			3:45PM 0.39	4:05PM 0.37												4:33AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	14	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-