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 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	2	2	4	3	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	0	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	7	7	8	8	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	58	228	131	465	486	1196	265	224	426	116	287	224	77	1094	4049	1694	1298	1671	68	560	426	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:42PM 1.65	7:18AM 1.67		8:31PM 1.72	8:59AM 1.50		9:20PM 1.54	9:49AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.42	9:58AM 1.59		10:20PM 1.51	10:52AM 1.60		11:13PM 1.51	11:42AM 1.63	12:17PM 1.58	12:36AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35PM 0.28	2:00AM 0.29		2:23PM 0.33	2:48AM 0.38		2:24PM 0.46		3:34AM 0.35	4:03PM 0.39		3:35AM 0.49	4:08PM 0.54		4:25AM 0.51	4:59PM 0.54		5:13AM 0.49		6:27PM 0.45	6:00AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1
High °C	13	11	11	14	14	12	14	11	8	14	14	12	6	5	6	8	10	8	13	12	6	5
Low °C	7	10	9	13	12	10	12	10	8	11	12	7	5	4	4	6	10	6	7	8	4	4
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	11	12	11	12	9	6	12	12	10	3	1	3	6	10	5	11	10	2	1
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.1 S	2.1 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	8	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.8 N	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	13	13	-	12	6	16	10	16	-	7	10	10	5	24	10	5	7	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.8 NE	-	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 NNW	0.8 N	0.5 N	1.1 NE	0.7 S	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	0.6 N	1.0 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	8	-	4	3	3	4	3	10	3	10	10	3	5	-	3	4	5	-

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.3 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	46	51	58	296	212	200	324	749	196	206	216	181	486	590	1133	1196	1002	1088	567	316	295	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:20AM 1.64				7:43PM 1.55				8:09AM 1.52				7:40PM 1.64				8:09AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 0.25				1:35PM 0.28				2:00AM 0.29				1:34PM 0.40				1:57AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	6	7	11	15	11	11	10	10	11	13	16	14	12	12	11	10	10	11	14	12	9
Chill °C (?)	6	4	5	10	15	11	10	8	8	9	12	15	13	11	11	9	8	8	10	12	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.1 S	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	18	17	10	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	1.8 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	0.5 W	1.4 N	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	8	3	3	3	-	8	4	-	-	3	6	5	3	3	-

	Wednesday 27
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	45	46	46	158	52	23	52	174	58	68	78	80	314	319	228	231	229	163	251	271	108	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			6:52PM 1.71	7:42PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 0.25											12:45PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	8	6	5	7	7	7	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	4	3	5	4	5	10	11	12	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	5	10	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7