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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Trolley's Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	0.4 SSE	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 E	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	8	8	8	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	7	7	10	5
Energy(?)	773	2099	428	815	1209	390	7489	2991	261	1742	1580	82	1115	939	558	419	326	115	105	74	43	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:05PM 1.74	9:29AM 1.83		9:47PM 1.77	10:11AM 1.83		9:27PM 2.06	9:36AM 2.02		11:41PM 1.86	12:13PM 1.67		12:42AM 1.92	12:31PM 1.74	1:12PM 1.69	12:31AM 2.30		2:10PM 1.72	2:45AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		3:07PM 0.26	3:25AM 0.28		3:40PM 0.48		4:04AM 0.31	4:33PM 0.28	3:33AM 0.74		5:34PM 0.19		6:04AM 0.25	6:21PM 0.23		6:22AM 0.30			7:56AM 0.26		8:22PM 0.12	8:56AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	7	4	-	6	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	19	16	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	17	16	16	19	19	17	14
Low °C	17	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	14	12	15	15	13	18	19	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	15	11	10	11	12	12	14	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	17	15	16	19	19	17	14
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	8	12	9	11	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	11	7	7	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	15	14	15	10	9	9	-	9	20	18	11	11	16	11	11	10	8	5	10	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	0.7 W	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	2.3 S	2.1 S	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	9	7	8	8	4	12	12	-	10	10	-	10	10	-	-	3	4	-	5	2	5

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	7	10	9	8	8	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1071	1428	659	627	1254	1508	1440	1560	683	213	707	1077	759	1176	1622	1815	581	2931	2991	801	681	2079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:44AM 1.85				9:07PM 2.14				7:54AM 2.07				9:58PM 1.61									10:42PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 0.28				3:12AM 0.29				3:54PM 0.22									4:42PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	4	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	18	20	16	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	15	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	20	15	13	12	10	10	10	13	13	11	11	12	10	11	12	14	15	13	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 S	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	11	11	12	12	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	11	11	11	10	8	8	12	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	9	4	6	7	7	8	7	-	9	8	8	8	10	3	3	12	12	-	-	11

	Friday 23																Saturday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 SE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	8
Energy(?)	1056	1693	773	838	838	2402	2344	2312	705	701	1289	1753	1728	1486	1651	1575	1226	428	1589	836	834	1516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:45AM 1.71												8:56PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)								2:56PM 0.30													3:21AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	14	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	12	11	15	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	10
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 SE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	0.1 S	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	15	-	-	9	15	10	11	11	11	10	14	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.2 S	0.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	15	15	-	5	9	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	8