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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	Tue		Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	4	10	13	10	10	10	10	14	6	13	4	14	4	10	5	10	6	4	5	8	9	8
Energy(?)	23	252	494	262	306	302	210	272	62	153	22	105	41	90	22	92	22	39	37	91	122	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:06AM 2.12		7:29PM 1.97	6:57AM 1.96		7:41PM 1.82	8:06AM 1.85		8:33PM 1.75	8:57AM 1.75		9:27PM 1.69	9:50AM 1.66		10:01PM 1.63	10:24AM 1.58		11:59PM 1.59	12:20PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 0.04		1:20PM 0.32	1:44AM 0.10		1:37PM 0.16	1:57AM 0.18		2:26PM 0.23	2:48AM 0.28		3:16PM 0.30	3:40AM 0.37		3:45PM 0.39		4:13AM 0.47	4:56PM 0.42		6:09AM 0.41	6:30PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	12	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	14	15	12	16	17	16	24	17	15	15	17	15	22	21	17	15	13	12	16	15
Low °C	11	10	12	14	12	14	16	15	18	17	14	15	17	14	19	18	14	15	13	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	8	14	14	11	16	16	16	24	17	15	15	16	14	22	21	17	14	11	11	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	6	13	5	5	11	4	5	10	6	9	8	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	7	7	7	8	12	7	10	6	7	14	14	10	10	5	9	13	13	8	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	7	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	4	5	-	3	4

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	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	12	12	10	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7
Energy(?)	361	494	417	244	428	322	494	407	262	242	269	306	352	365	370	306	382	231	258	266	207	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:09AM 2.05				6:50PM 1.88					7:17AM 1.94				7:41PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				12:47AM 0.23				12:48PM 0.12					1:06AM 0.10				1:17PM 0.17				2:44AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	14	16	17	16	15	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	14	14	13	11	11	11	10	13	16	16	15	14	15	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	9	9	5	12	10	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	6	6	9	9	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	12	12	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	8	5	5	5	-	-

	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.5 SE	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	4	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	309	342	361	23	494	455	424	424	417	417	634	252	303	346	428	263	366	322	615	168	173	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)																		6:09AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)												12:15AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	11	11	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	13	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	6	9	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	6	13	13	6	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.5 SE	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	4	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-