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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	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	0	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	2.2 ENE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	803	350	787	298	180	442	333	343	460	799	400	723	449	502	1098	1669	1344	355	704	704	472	396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 1.75	12:33PM 1.82		1:01AM 1.74		1:23PM 1.78	2:27AM 1.54		2:46PM 1.55	3:14AM 1.63		3:32PM 1.61	3:58AM 1.64		4:15PM 1.59		4:41AM 1.66	5:02PM 1.72		4:40AM 1.77	4:37PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		6:13AM 0.25	6:45PM 0.25		7:05AM 0.29		8:14PM 0.22	7:36AM 0.32		9:00PM 0.27	9:18AM 0.38		9:43PM 0.29	10:03AM 0.39		10:25PM 0.31	10:55AM 0.36		11:11PM 0.35	10:52AM 0.40		10:41PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	20	16	13	12	10	14	14	12	23	24	20	19	24	20	18	18	15	17	17	17
Low °C	12	15	19	10	12	11	9	12	13	11	19	22	18	18	22	18	17	18	14	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	16	20	15	12	10	10	13	12	10	23	24	20	18	24	20	18	18	14	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.4 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.0 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	6	11	8	7	13	7	10	11	8	8	9	8	12	13	14	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.3 NW	-	1.0 E	-	0.3 NE	1.5 ENE	2.2 NE	0.7 NW	1.7 ENE	1.3 NNE	-	2.2 ENE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	3	-	9	-	2	10	8	4	10	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	4	-	-

	Thu	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1045	803	754	619	650	594	787	238	309	298	432	277	247	340	442	288	313	204	216	585	343	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:07AM 1.75				12:33PM 1.82	1:08PM 1.66				1:36AM 1.83				1:59PM 1.70				2:34AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				6:13AM 0.25				6:28PM 0.26	7:25PM 0.19				7:45AM 0.26				8:14PM 0.24				7:36AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	14	15	19	19	15	13	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	10	13	14	19	18	14	11	7	10	11	12	11	12	10	10	6	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	5	9	9	13	5	6	6	11	11	6	4	5	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	1.7 ENE	0.8 N	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.3 S	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	5	-	9	4	2	3	5	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Thursday 13				Friday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	823	966	1045	1048	1023	803	463	522	426	414	661	397	397	637	249	350	350	254	254	619	418	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:07AM 1.75													1:15PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)												6:52AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	16	17	18	18	19	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	12	12	9	11	9	9	9	11	12	12	16	17	18	18	19	14	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	2	2	3	5	5	3	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9