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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	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	4	2	2	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 NE	1.6 NE	0.1 S	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	16	5	4	9	8	7	14	4	9	8	10	10	10	11	9	9	8
Energy(?)	24	39	30	18	38	60	10	82	291	125	51	6	16	388	1	4239	393	556	40	93	82	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 1.92	9:27AM 2.01		9:07PM 1.78	9:34AM 1.82		10:52PM 1.80	11:15AM 1.82		11:01PM 1.67	12:08PM 1.75		11:57PM 1.64	12:16PM 1.61		1:32AM 1.72			1:23AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 0.09	3:15AM 0.10		3:02PM 0.18	3:21AM 0.21		4:42PM 0.20		5:02AM 0.28	5:32PM 0.27		5:54AM 0.36	5:35PM 0.36		6:01AM 0.45	6:23PM 0.40	7:08PM 0.38	7:36AM 0.47	6:52PM 0.44		7:42AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	17	20	18	19	28	16	14	20	21	22	26	23	17	16	19	16	17	18	15	21
Low °C	18	18	14	18	17	16	25	15	14	16	19	20	23	19	14	14	19	12	15	17	13	18
Chill °C (?)	22	19	17	20	18	19	28	15	13	20	21	22	26	23	15	16	19	16	16	17	15	21
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 NE	1.6 NE	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	5	9	8	8	8	4	5	5	9	8	7	5	4	9	7	10	10	10	11	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 N	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	5	11	10	10	4	7	12	6	15	9	7	9	13	10	7	14	13	5	5	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 S	-	0.9 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	3.5 SSW	0.7 NE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	4	3	4	5	4	10	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07					Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	4	16	15	14	13	5	4	5	9	9
Energy(?)	46	18	27	19	77	61	61	17	18	19	37	48	48	60	99	86	55	4	46	61	295	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 1.94				8:11PM 1.85				9:27AM 2.01				9:55PM 1.85				9:34AM 1.82	10:21AM 1.92			9:43PM 1.71	10:04PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			2:58PM 0.09				2:27AM 0.12				3:50PM 0.14				3:21AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	22	19	18	15	15	15	14	18	20	20	16	20	16	18	19	23	28	17	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	22	19	18	15	15	15	14	18	20	20	15	20	16	18	19	23	28	16	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	4	4	5	14	13	5	10	5	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	12	5	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	4	15	8	7	-	5	12	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.3 WNW	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.3 WNW	0.9 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	3	4	-	3	4	5	3	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07	Thursday 08
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	3	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	31	16	24	24	82	104	103	15	27	25	19	69	19	77	77	77	62	30	21	29	29	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:34AM 2.11												8:11PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)								2:58PM 0.09												2:08AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	5	5	11	5	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-