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.

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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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Canterbury Wavefinder

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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	16	16	7	6	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	392	554	424	79	59	160	529	953	1363	539	350	222	763	1035	573	534	681	1010	827	714	625	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:55AM	8:59PM 8:34AM	9:20AM		9:46PM	10:17AM		10:42PM	10:59AM		10:51PM	11:18AM		12:24AM		12:12PM	12:37AM	12:07PM		12:06AM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:08PM		3:21AM	3:30PM		4:18AM	4:25PM	2:52PM	4:54AM	5:14PM		5:08AM	5:27PM	6:07PM	5:58AM		6:22PM	4:51AM		7:17PM 12:18AM	5:16AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	9	6	8	7	12	12	10	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	11	11	14	13	12	12
Low °C	12	9	8	6	6	7	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	12	10	10	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	7	2	6	4	11	12	9	9	9	8	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	12	10	11
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	6	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	6	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 N	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	9	9	4	16	15	15	14	4	4	10	11	10	14	22	15	19	18	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 N	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.5 W	1.4 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	7	-	3	3	4	4	-	3	4	-	-	4	-	3	7	-	3	4	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	15	6	11	11	10	7	11	14	14
Energy(?)	392	244	554	547	446	424	334	161	79	723	59	286	229	160	48	150	529	721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:55AM 1.53				8:59PM 1.78					9:20AM 1.62				9:10PM 1.70				9:32AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 0.44					3:30AM 0.37								3:33AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	9	9	8	6	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	5	7	9	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	7	7	6	3	4	2	6	6	6	4	4	2	4	7	11
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	0.1 NE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	16	7	6	7	7	15	6	11	11	10	7	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	7	16	9	16	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	4	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	3	4	4	6	6	7	16	7	-	-	3	-	-	3	2	4	4	3