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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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	11	10	10	10	10	15	5	7	7	6	17	15	15	14	7
Energy(?)	558	721	411	194	210	177	138	133	75	45	14	64	6	11	75	72	67	68
Wind (km/h)	10	5	5	15	15	15	10	15	25	10	25	10	10	10	10	15	25	10
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:15PM	12:38AM		1:04PM	1:24AM	12:15PM	1:49PM	2:07AM		2:12PM	2:48AM		3:12PM		3:29AM	3:53PM
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05AM		6:24PM	6:54AM		7:12PM	7:38AM		7:57PM	8:19AM		8:40PM	8:59AM 6:24PM		9:22PM	9:39AM		10:05PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	12	13	12	14	19	19	21	22	14	16	17	14	21	22	20
Low °C	13	14	11	12	12	11	12	18	18	18	18	13	13	15	13	15	20	16
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	10	12	10	13	19	19	21	22	13	16	17	13	21	22	20
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 NE	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	15	16	14	11	10	10	10	6	10	6	7	7	3	17	15	15	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	13	15	14	14	5	10	15	9	12	9	14	14	4	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NE	0.6 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	6	7	5	4	3	6	3	3	6	4	5

	Thursday 06			Friday 07								Saturday 08
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	558	817	721	558	443	411	411	156	194	184	210	188	184	177	174	138	138	135
Wind (km/h)	10	10	5	5	5	5	10	15	15	20	15	20	20	15	15	10	10	15
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:15PM 1.76				12:38AM 1.83				12:47PM 1.77				1:24AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05AM 0.25				6:24PM 0.27				6:54AM 0.27				7:12PM 0.30				7:38AM 0.28
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	14	13	13	11	9	10	10	12	9	9	10	11	10	11	13
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	5	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	10	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	-

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