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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	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	0	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	7	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	12	12	12	11	11	16	13	14	12	11	9
Energy(?)	174	61	150	504	851	936	2352	2591	329	361	255	389	300	206	464	218	747	181	557	2187	2491	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:22PM 1.89	11:08AM 1.76		11:29PM 1.90	11:56AM 1.77		1:26AM 2.00		1:52PM 1.87	2:22AM 2.00		2:22PM 2.23	2:49AM 2.28		3:38PM 1.89	3:39AM 2.27		4:23PM 1.73		4:47AM 1.78	5:11PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 0.44		5:01AM 0.26	5:21PM 0.20		5:45AM 0.27		7:03PM 0.16	7:41AM 0.20		8:00PM 0.16	8:37AM 0.19		8:32PM 0.43	9:03AM 0.45		9:25PM 0.43	9:01AM 0.64		10:35PM 0.16	11:03AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	15	17	20	20	24	21	15	19	22	19	18	19	12	15	13	11	13	14
Low °C	15	14	15	15	15	16	19	18	21	16	14	16	21	17	16	15	11	11	13	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	13	12	15	20	20	24	21	15	19	22	19	18	19	9	15	11	10	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	3.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.0 NE	0.7 E	1.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	6	12	14	12	10	17	16	10	9	9	8	12	12	12	7	11	8	13	10	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	6	13	12	-	-	-	14	15	14	10	8	8	7	11	6	16	10	-	10	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.8 SW	0.6 SSE	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	10	11	10	-	4	-	-	-	8	3	12	5	-	-	14	-	11	-

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	66	205	219	187	160	152	150	326	504	832	1184	1467	832	893	936	1834	936	4801	1065	1136	851	674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:40PM 1.90				11:52AM 1.85				12:26AM 2.00				12:53PM 1.85					1:21AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 0.22				4:44AM 0.28				6:05PM 0.16				6:31AM 0.47				5:44PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	17	18	20	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	17	16	18	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	2.0 E	0.1 S	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	14	6	13	13	13	14	13	12	11	10	-	-	18	17	-	16	11	15	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	5	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	-	-	3

	Wednesday 25										Thursday 26
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	12	13	5	6	6
Energy(?)	46	148	174	202	202	205	72	69	69	63	61	61	59	39	39	70	34	52	20	155	205	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:24PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)				4:20PM 0.20													5:33AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	13	6	6	14	14	6	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	14	6	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	12	9	9	14	9	12	13	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6