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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 SE	3.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	2.2 NE	2.0 NE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	13	14	14	13	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	11	10	14	7	8	11
Energy(?)	1017	1414	619	1539	608	654	52	1390	1249	556	309	388	139	47	60	49	225	129	254	1029	777	1232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:16AM 1.86		2:35PM 2.00	2:59AM 1.59		3:24PM 1.68			3:28PM 1.87		3:29AM 1.84	4:09PM 1.82		5:17AM 1.57	5:39PM 1.58		6:03AM 1.56		6:24PM 1.78	5:03AM 2.19	5:07PM 2.05	7:02PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		8:16AM 0.19		8:54PM 0.19	9:06AM 0.20		8:58PM 0.22	8:56AM 0.18		9:21PM 0.23	9:38AM 0.21		10:22PM 0.25	11:32AM 0.23		11:04PM 0.29		12:19PM 0.27	12:41AM 0.33	11:34AM 0.62		1:08AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	8	9	8	7	14	15	9	16	16	12	13	14	12	14	13	10	11	12	10	14	13	10
Low °C	5	7	7	6	8	13	7	14	12	10	12	13	8	10	11	9	11	11	10	13	12	9
Chill °C (?)	4	8	8	2	13	15	6	15	16	12	13	14	10	13	12	9	11	11	10	14	12	8
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	2.5 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	8	9	13	14	14	13	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	11	15	14	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	8	15	5	7	7	15	10	9	8	8	14	12	12	11	10	16	4	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	0.5 NE	3.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	-	2.2 NE	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	-	5	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	10	-	7	-	9

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	0	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	8	4	8	8	9
Energy(?)	59	1017	1136	1089	1414	255	572	918	970	1561	1555	1091	1066	595	654	730	414	266	89	664	144	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 1.89				2:01PM 1.92				2:04AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:08PM 0.23				8:16AM 0.19				8:13PM 0.22				8:29AM 0.18	9:09AM 0.17				9:42PM 0.20			8:46AM 0.57	9:47AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	5	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	14	15	12	11	12	12	8	13	17
Chill °C (?)	5	2	2	1	5	6	5	4	2	2	3	4	6	13	15	10	10	11	10	5	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	0.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 NE	0.4 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	11	9	8	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	8	13	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	-	1.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 S	0.8 NE	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	10	15	10	10	9	8	13	10	15	14	-	6	6	7	20	8	11	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 NE	2.1 NE	-	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	4	8	9	9	9	-	-	8	3	4	4	6	5	-	-	5	-	3	4	8	-	3

	Thursday 18					Friday 19
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	0	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 SE	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	6	6	13	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	48	390	390	82	1015	264	989	1586	1136	1338	1224	969	970	936	915	1424	860	255	92	114	116	38
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								1:19AM 1.84												1:30PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		7:59PM 0.24													8:19AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	8	7	8	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	6	4	6	8	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 SE	0.2 NNE	0.5 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	6	6	13	6	12	6	15	11	15	15	11	11	9	9	8	9	8	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.1 NE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	16	10	-	15	-	15	15	15	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	3	6	6	4	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	2	2	-