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 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 NE	0.5 E	0.2 S
Period(s)	8	20	14	7	13	14	13	11	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	4	9	5	7	7	6	13
Energy	45	71	127	724	1911	2102	1011	494	573	545	484	371	222	178	31	8	57	16	44	151	34	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:36AM 1.72		2:47PM 2.18		3:22AM 1.68	3:48PM 1.70		3:23AM 1.75	4:33PM 1.70		3:17AM 2.14	5:17PM 1.71		4:49AM 1.68	5:15PM 1.79		5:34AM 1.65	5:38PM 1.77		6:20AM 1.61		6:47PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51AM 0.21		9:14PM 0.26	9:36AM 0.23		9:16PM 0.30	9:33AM 0.27		10:41PM 0.34	9:40AM 0.62		10:25PM 0.36	10:59AM 0.34		11:33PM 0.39	11:45AM 0.38		12:21AM 0.43		12:10PM 0.43	1:09AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	11	12	11	9	11	11	10	13	14	12	12	13	10	13	14	11	14	20	14
Low °C	12	14	16	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	11	12	10	11	12	10	10	12	10	11	17	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	8	12	10	7	9	9	9	13	14	12	10	11	8	13	14	11	14	20	14
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 NE	0.5 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	14	11	13	14	13	11	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	10	9	5	7	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.5 S	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	6	5	11	6	10	15	15	-	4	5	5	5	8	14	8	12	6	8	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	5	5	4	-	-	-	5	2	4	5	-	-	3	-	4

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	8	8	21	8	20	19	14	13	14	6	7	8	8	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	14
Energy	46	45	41	44	55	57	127	214	61	370	545	678	1309	2204	1982	1499	1286	1011	712	579	530	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:21AM 2.19				2:22PM 1.81				2:25AM 2.16	3:22AM 1.68				3:06PM 1.81				3:23AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	8:25PM 0.23				8:51AM 0.21					9:08PM 0.29			8:31AM 0.24									9:33AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	13	12	13	18	18	16	16	10	10	11	11	12	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	12	11	12	18	18	16	15	8	8	11	11	12	8	6	7	7	6	6	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NNE	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	7	7	14	13	14	5	7	7	8	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	1.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	8	5	5	6	5	7	7	11	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	15	15	16	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	22	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	20	8	7	7	20	20	7	14	7	14	13	14
Energy	63	61	15	46	45	45	94	69	39	68	12	44	69	84	71	71	37	54	37	120	99	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:57AM 1.82	2:36AM 1.72												2:05PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			8:11PM 0.56												8:08AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	13	14	12	12	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	7	5	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	20	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-