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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields 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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	1.0 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.1 S	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	11	16	16	9	17	5	11	10	13	15	15	14	13	7	18	6	6	15	8
Energy(?)	1934	1374	559	475	562	177	341	48	114	50	45	60	56	58	62	81	23	53	164	152	6	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:53PM 2.08		3:13AM 1.93	3:08PM 1.99		4:08AM 1.73	3:54PM 1.97		4:12AM 1.84	4:38PM 1.92		4:58AM 1.81	5:22PM 1.86		5:43AM 1.77		6:07PM 1.79	6:30AM 1.72		6:52PM 1.71	8:09AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.21	9:25AM 0.13		9:23PM 0.19	10:20AM 0.13		10:55PM 0.18	10:25AM 0.15		10:55PM 0.21	11:11AM 0.19		11:39PM 0.24	11:58AM 0.25	12:46PM 0.23	12:24AM 0.29		12:45PM 0.32	1:10AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	11	8	11	11	8	10	10	8	10	11	12	14	15	12	12
Low °C	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	9	7	8	9	7	8	8	7	9	9	10	12	13	9	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	10	10	8	7	9	5	10	11	8	10	10	8	9	10	10	13	14	10	9
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.1 S	1.4 NE
Period (s)	16	15	16	11	16	9	9	9	5	8	10	8	15	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	8	16	18	17	8	4	4	5	7	15	14	13	13	18	12	10	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.5 ENE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	11	15	16	15	15	14	14	19	18	17	16	8	15	5
Energy(?)	1934	1635	1374	1180	1150	1037	551	940	264	890	562	552	725	689	654	408	213	279	227	173	140	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:53PM 2.08									3:08PM 1.99				3:26AM 1.86				3:54PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.14				8:33PM 0.21									9:23PM 0.19				9:38AM 0.12				10:58PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	9	7	5	5	6	5	6	10	10	8	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	7
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	11	15	16	9	15	14	14	9	9	9	8	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	8	15	9	9	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	5

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	4790	4765	1934	1885	1836	1635	452	1571	432	1355	1339	1180	1163	1163	1150	1166	558	1037	1037	1037	914	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									2:57PM 1.89												2:39AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			8:33AM 0.14												8:33PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.1 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	7	15	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	13	13	16	13	16	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-