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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	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	0	4	4	0	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	3.5 NE	1.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	6	9	9	9	10	14	13	11	10	9
Energy(?)	413	497	1758	3306	1071	817	326	427	348	208	258	124	230	404	388	1984	458	2694	3166	1203	620	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:57PM 1.75	9:06AM 2.05		8:40PM 1.62	9:05AM 1.50		9:35PM 1.61	10:56AM 1.46		10:44PM 1.62	11:06AM 1.51		12:06AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				3:26PM 0.41	2:59AM 0.55		4:16PM 0.48		4:48AM 0.44	4:58PM 0.43		4:55AM 0.50	5:43PM 0.41		5:40AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	15	19	19	17	19	22	15	14	14	11	16	19	16	19	17	16	17	16	12	12	12
Low °C	15	13	15	17	16	17	20	12	13	12	10	14	16	15	17	16	12	15	14	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	19	18	16	19	22	14	14	13	9	15	19	15	19	16	16	15	14	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.1 S	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	0.1 SW	1.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 E
Period (s)	14	15	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	13	9	12	9	9	13	10	14	13	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 N	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	9	9	13	15	14	16	16	14	9	13	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	1.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	-	-	3.5 NE	-	1.0 NW	1.3 N	1.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	5	4	3	2	4	3	9	6	6	-	-	9	-	4	5	5	5	7

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	413	541	478	497	773	869	1549	1958	872	954	1255	1071	665	593	817	693	611	311	262	223	315	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:36PM 2.18									9:01PM 1.63				9:25AM 1.50				10:32PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	2:42PM 0.42				2:07AM 0.52					3:26PM 0.41				4:02AM 0.43				4:13PM 0.43				4:48AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	14	15	14	15	17	22	20	17	17	18	18	17	19	21	20	16	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	12	14	12	14	17	22	20	16	16	18	18	17	19	21	20	16	14	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	14	9	10	15	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	13	15	16	16	14	14	15	11	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	-	3	3	3	3	3

	Tuesday 07											Wednesday 08
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	380	401	311	424	557	584	572	661	780	793	1492	1580	1924	702	1885	1820	1639	747	747	682	1484	1855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:45PM 1.66	8:55PM 1.63												8:32AM 1.53	9:19AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			2:16PM 0.77												2:28AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	9	14	9	9	9	14	9	9	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	12	12	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	9	15	15	9	9	15	15	9	9	9	14	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	-	9	9