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			Sunday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSE	2.3 E	3.0 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	12	11	10	9	8	9	10	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	7	7	9
Energy(?)	2594	2971	4287	1487	2109	1500	368	404	175	62	85	126	245	725	646	549	490	324	405	245	208	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:41AM 1.85	4:57PM 1.73		5:19AM 1.73	5:36PM 1.61		6:04AM 1.91	6:21PM 1.79		5:15AM 2.23	5:40PM 2.04		6:42AM 1.85		7:55PM 1.59	8:07AM 1.92		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79		8:24PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	10:07PM 0.63	10:53AM 0.37		11:03PM 0.28	11:34AM 0.30		11:44PM 0.22	12:20PM 0.27		12:31AM 0.19	11:41AM 0.46		11:49PM 0.49	1:00PM 0.22	1:39PM 0.22	2:09AM 0.16		1:48PM 0.22	2:13AM 0.23		3:29PM 0.16	2:50AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	12	9	11	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	17	15	20	19	17	20	17	13	13	15	14	19	19	19
Low °C	12	12	11	12	14	14	13	14	17	14	17	19	15	17	14	11	13	14	13	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	11	8	8	11	12	12	14	15	16	14	20	19	17	20	16	12	12	13	12	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	2.3 E	3.0 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.1 NE	0.6 S	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	12	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	12	11	12	11	10	7	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	13	13	8	7	19	10	12	7	8	6	14	6	10	14	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.7 S	-	1.1 S	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.5 NNE	-	0.9 NE	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	10	9	8	7	8	8	3	6	9	3	-	-	7	-	4	-	10	10	6	-	7	5

	Sun	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 E	2.3 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.2 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	335	795	765	951	2971	4701	4287	1740	1850	2750	1513	1420	1242	1201	1500	700	878	1102	501	658	214	320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:41AM 1.85				4:57PM 1.73			3:55AM 2.23					5:36PM 1.51				5:17AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 0.33				10:50AM 0.34				10:59PM 0.26				10:49AM 0.30				11:00PM 0.21				11:11AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	4	5	4	6	3	3	3	2	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	2.3 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	1.4 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	8	14	10	13	10	10	9	9	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	9	9	8	4	5	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	-	-

	Sunday 15				Monday 16
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	3.0 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	214	470	502	598	2207	2594	2776	836	765	2710	429	435	507	1722	3412	3439	4853	5758	6082	6311	4287	3860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:37AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				10:19PM 0.33												10:50AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	2
High °C	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 E	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	10	10	10	20	19	-	19	-	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	10	10	10	4	4	9	6	6	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8