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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	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	11	5	10	10	6	9	14	12	10	10	10	13	10	6	6
Energy(?)	1599	1370	1288	2140	386	496	312	127	106	80	39	234	1013	1664	627	70	359	416	380	87	89	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 2.23		11:41PM 2.28	12:11PM 2.24		12:42AM 1.92		1:06PM 2.25	12:31AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.23	2:05PM 1.89	2:41AM 2.08		3:08PM 1.76	3:42AM 1.95		3:24PM 1.90	3:58AM 2.09		4:17PM 1.94		5:33AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 0.26		5:53AM 0.56	6:21PM 0.23		7:06AM 0.27			6:45AM 0.82		8:16PM 0.14	9:01AM 0.18		9:19PM 0.08	9:59AM 0.14		9:36PM 0.03	9:56AM 0.12		10:30PM 0.00	11:54AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	14	15	13	17	19	16	21	24	14	15	15	14	19	17	15	16	16	18	27
Low °C	16	16	12	14	15	12	15	18	14	19	24	13	14	14	13	15	16	14	16	16	15	20
Chill °C (?)	18	17	14	14	14	12	17	18	16	21	24	13	14	14	13	19	17	14	15	14	18	27
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	1.2 SSE	2.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	10	9	8	9	5	8	10	12	9	14	12	6	10	10	13	9	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	18	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	5	10	12	11	11	10	10	14	10	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	1.4 S	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	-	-	-	4	5	2	3	6	-	-	5	2	-	3	4	4	6	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	5
Energy(?)	1599	1612	1035	1193	2390	2196	999	1005	1055	589	848	693	316	274	269	234	326	255	233	206	183	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:06AM 1.81				11:41PM 1.86				10:32AM 2.05				12:48AM 1.76				12:31PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				5:27PM 0.49				5:53AM 0.56				6:21PM 0.23								6:44PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	17	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	13	12	15	16	18	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	17	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	13	12	14	15	18	14	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E
Period (s)	12	18	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	5

	Monday 26																Tuesday 27
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	0.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1781	1658	1599	1598	1611	1612	1445	1037	972	217	1354	1238	556	543	478	477	2215	2196	1093	1040	1040	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:06AM 1.81												11:04PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)										4:02PM 0.62	5:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	16	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	15	16	17	16	14	15	14	14	11	11	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	12	12	18	18	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	10	10	-