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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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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 - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	4.0 NE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.3 ENE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	9	7	13	12	8	12	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	410	142	189	142	78	100	56	182	277	136	318	410	379	512	2336	493	740	399	753	3002	2098	2850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 1.57		5:53AM 1.63	5:06PM 1.71		5:31AM 1.85	6:54PM 1.72		7:19AM 1.88	6:46PM 1.68		7:12AM 1.81		7:30PM 1.67	8:44AM 1.85		9:07PM 2.14	8:42AM 1.75		9:07PM 1.68	9:33AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.39		11:33PM 0.27	12:10PM 0.32		11:14PM 0.27	11:46AM 0.34		1:05AM 0.28			12:59AM 0.26		1:33PM 0.31	1:45AM 0.27		3:09PM 0.29	3:05AM 0.46		3:05PM 0.30	3:26AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	4	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	14	15	12	15	14	13	17	16	17	17	18	17	15	13	11	14	15	13	16
Low °C	13	14	11	13	14	11	14	14	12	15	15	16	16	17	14	15	12	8	12	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	14	11	14	13	12	16	14	16	17	18	17	15	11	11	13	14	13	16
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	12	7	7	13	12	14	12	11	13	13	10	12	11	9	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	6	11	22	20	13	18	16	16	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	4.0 NE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	8	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10

	Sunday 18							Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	7	8	8	7	14	13	13
Energy(?)	407	358	323	260	282	226	205	60	60	57	142	128	113	104	108	42	53	41	56	144	182	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 1.71				4:27PM 1.70				5:57AM 1.87				5:24PM 1.68				6:25AM 2.23				6:05PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				11:26AM 0.34				11:37PM 0.32				11:24AM 0.36				12:21AM 0.30				12:07PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	13	14	14	12	12	11	9	12	13	13	12	11	10	9	11	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 18
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	390	329	328	328	440	422	415	130	129	127	386	384	341	332	323	138	134	82	270	208	208	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	5:31PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:50PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	13	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	13	13	13	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-