Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	10	15	9	11	11	15	13	12	11	11	4	16	6	9	14	11	13	13	11	12	15	16
Energy	113	125	43	215	71	126	205	205	53	76	47	364	278	315	693	388	756	522	478	971	1963	1967
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:40PM 1.97	1:27AM 1.82		2:42PM 1.89	2:22AM 1.88		2:56PM 2.09		4:02AM 1.83	4:37PM 2.22		3:56AM 1.99	4:49PM 2.18		5:48AM 2.08			6:09AM 1.96		6:24PM 2.13	7:08AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			7:17PM 0.22	7:37AM 0.12		8:15PM 0.17	8:33AM 0.05		9:57PM 0.09	10:14AM -0.00		10:49PM 0.07	10:11AM -0.03		11:11PM 0.06		12:05PM -0.06	11:50PM 0.06		12:27PM -0.03	12:48AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	9	11	12	9	12	14	15	16	10	9	8	8	9	11	10	9	11	12	9	11
Low °C	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	14	13	11	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	11	12	8	11	14	14	15	7	7	7	6	7	11	9	7	10	12	8	9
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	11	11	9	13	12	11	11	4	16	10	9	14	11	13	13	11	12	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.7 S	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	4	15	5	17	17	15	9	16	16	13	4	4	15	14	13	4	6	12	15	16	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.4 SSW	-	0.6 N	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Friday 12							Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	10	11	10	10	15	9	9	9	9	9	11	16	11	10	10	15	9	14	13	12	12	12
Energy	257	52	113	89	125	65	55	43	40	90	215	249	71	84	80	126	74	211	205	227	205	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:15AM 1.78				1:40PM 1.97				2:09AM 1.74				2:42PM 1.89								2:56PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26AM 0.17				7:59PM 0.18				7:37AM 0.12				8:58PM 0.14				8:33AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	10	12	12	10	10	9	8	8	10	11	12	10	10	9	10	9	9	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	6	8	10	12	12	10	10	8	6	7	9	11	12	10	9	7	8	7	7	11	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	4	4	16	15	15	4	5	4	13	17	16	17	17	16	15	19	9	9	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	3	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-

	Friday 12
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	216	257	257	53	52	52	50	43	113	113	90	89	90	57	125	120	118	65	64	59	55	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)														1:05PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)								7:29AM 0.19												7:59PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	6	6	8	9	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	9	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	-	-