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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	Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			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	Scarborough Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NNW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 N	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	4	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	12	12	11	10	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	5	10
Energy(?)	10	2601	1465	800	470	356	232	214	224	244	48	177	38	40	1566	1902	1399	844	705	289	140	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 1.68		1:01AM 1.67		1:19PM 2.15	1:49AM 1.76		1:23PM 1.83	2:04AM 1.80		2:28PM 1.87	2:37AM 1.95		3:01PM 1.96	3:47AM 2.02		4:11PM 1.96		4:41AM 2.10	5:05PM 1.97		5:37AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 0.39		7:14AM 0.34		7:37PM 0.32	8:00AM 0.24		7:50PM 0.21	7:55AM 0.15		8:21PM 0.12	8:48AM 0.08		9:30PM 0.06	10:01AM 0.06		11:01PM 0.01	10:59AM 0.05		11:19PM -0.01	11:58AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	9	12	11	9	12	13	11	15	16	15	16	18	12	14	14	12	17	23	18	20
Low °C	12	9	7	10	10	8	12	12	10	13	15	13	14	16	10	12	12	11	14	21	17	20
Chill °C (?)	10	7	7	11	8	7	12	13	10	14	15	15	16	18	11	13	13	10	17	23	18	20
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	4	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	12	12	7	7	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	9	5	5	5	9	9	8	11	10	6	8	6	16	15	4	6	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	0.4 NW	1.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	15	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	5	3	-	2	5	3

	Friday 31	Saturday 01	Sunday 02
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	755	854	1001	177	135	1016	1594	1540	1277	1027	751	608	520	451	382	356	338	282	232	215	214	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:46PM 1.75				12:09AM 1.60				12:35PM 1.75					1:14AM 1.69				1:39PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 0.40				6:51PM 0.40				6:16AM 0.32				6:47PM 0.30	7:04PM 0.30				7:21AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	8	10	12	13	11	9	9	9	8	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	8	6	8	9	11	12	9	7	7	9	7	12	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	13	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.5 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	9	9	13	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	15	14	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 31
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	630	630	789	55	26	879	237	1112	1001	1094	1079	1299	1445	2480	924	939	994	1016	1274	1530	3741	3715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						6:17AM 0.42												6:51PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	11	9	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NNW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	4	13	14	13	13	13	5	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 N	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 N	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.5 N	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	6	9	14	5	7	6	5	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	0.4 W	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	3	5	3	4	-	-	13	13	13	13	7	7	8	8	8	8	12	12