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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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	3.5 SSE	2.3 E	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	12	13	12	11	10	8	8	8	7	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	10	9
Energy(?)	238	1932	2724	1094	1478	1328	1835	1005	401	270	207	200	130	214	190	412	811	675	766	756	284	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:27AM 2.21	4:57PM 1.73		5:22AM 1.88	4:52PM 1.73		6:02AM 1.75	6:13PM 2.17		6:34AM 2.30	5:40PM 2.04		5:57AM 2.19	6:34PM 2.05		8:07AM 1.92		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		10:07PM 0.63	10:39AM 0.63		11:03PM 0.28	11:36AM 0.32		11:44PM 0.22	12:18PM 0.26		12:34AM 0.21	12:55PM 0.45		11:49PM 0.49	12:27PM 0.45		12:46AM 0.51		2:38PM 0.19	2:13AM 0.23		3:18PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	9	8	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	15	16	15	18	19	17	19	17	12	12	13	14	17	20
Low °C	15	12	12	13	11	13	14	14	14	15	14	17	18	15	17	15	11	11	12	12	14	20
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	15	16	15	18	19	17	19	16	10	12	13	13	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 E	2.3 E	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 SE	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	12	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	11	12	11	9	10	12	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	21	-	-	8	14	13	14	8	8	8	8	-	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.3 N	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	4	9	8	3	7	8	8	8	-	-	3	-	12	6	5	5	-	-	-	4	6	9

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	9	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	238	154	292	763	592	871	3155	4443	4268	996	1355	932	1342	1393	1328	1321	1191	1482	626	929	1131	900
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:03PM 2.08				4:41AM 1.85				4:47PM 2.11			3:55AM 2.23					5:29PM 1.79				5:54AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)				10:19PM 0.33				10:50AM 0.34				10:55PM 0.55				10:17AM 0.58				11:00PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	2	3	3	4	11	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	11	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	8	10	8	10	9	11	12	13	15	12	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	9	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.3 SE	0.1 S	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	0.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	9	9	4	11	10	9	19	-	9	-	-	14	9	8	14	8	13	15	10	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	4	3	3	4	4	4	8	8	8	3	4	4	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Sunday 15										Monday 16
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	190	89	114	249	301	326	1218	1322	1583	299	677	415	232	230	241	380	429	2645	2551	2992	3155	3808
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)															3:17AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)										10:07PM 0.63												10:43AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	13	13	13	10	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	22	-	-	4	11	11	13	-	-	-	10	20	-	20	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	4	3	3	4	4	4	8	9	9	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	8	8	8