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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Leithfield Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	4	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 NE	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	1.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	9	9	6	9	9	9	5	7	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	14	9	4
Energy(?)	602	163	914	896	277	228	49	231	1964	18	77	91	95	232	185	95	105	48	127	113	36	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 1.79	8:16AM 1.90		8:43PM 2.29	9:09AM 1.72		9:27PM 1.90	8:51AM 1.75		9:25PM 1.81	9:53AM 1.72		11:35PM 1.69	12:01PM 1.69		12:35AM 1.72	12:22PM 1.75		1:34AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	1:00PM 0.22		1:20AM 0.20		1:48PM 0.22	2:45AM 0.43		2:00PM 0.50	3:47AM 0.25		3:15PM 0.26	3:51AM 0.31		5:20PM 0.20		5:53AM 0.22	5:33PM 0.23		6:13AM 0.29		7:11PM 0.14	7:46AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2
High °C	18	20	14	14	17	15	19	17	14	17	17	16	16	15	12	16	17	13	17	19	15	11
Low °C	14	18	12	14	16	12	17	16	12	14	16	14	14	14	11	14	15	13	15	16	12	11
Chill °C (?)	18	20	12	13	16	14	19	16	12	16	16	15	15	14	12	15	16	11	17	19	14	9
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	2.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 NE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	5	7	7	6	6	7	6	10	5	6	6	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	4	10	10	9	9	8	6	8	7	13	11	10	7	10	10	8	11	10	9	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	2.4 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	1.6 N	0.3 W	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	-	0.5 NE	1.3 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SE
Period (s)	4	3	8	-	9	6	2	9	9	-	3	4	5	6	-	3	5	-	3	6	6	4

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	9	9	9	8	8	5	6	6	6	9	6	8	8	6
Energy(?)	728	737	633	426	389	203	242	521	2660	2662	896	560	397	82	244	114	216	57	68	82	63	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 1.85					7:53PM 1.69				7:06AM 1.85				8:46PM 1.61				8:18AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)								12:46AM 0.51	2:00AM 0.21				1:27PM 0.23				2:13AM 0.23				3:29PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	18	20	15	16	14	11	12	12	14	14	15	18	16	15	14	15	16	19	19	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	20	14	16	14	11	11	12	13	13	14	17	16	14	14	14	16	19	19	15
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	9	9	9	8	8	9	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	8	7	10	11	10	3	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	5	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	7	9	9	-	-	3	5	6	-	5	-	-	3	-	6

	Friday 20
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	681	764	728	272	753	263	396	198	639	448	466	466	466	323	489	489	470	281	330	247	242	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:30AM 1.76												7:03PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)												12:39PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	16	18	17	15	15	15	17	16	13	15	13	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	15	15	16	16	18	16	14	14	14	16	15	11	14	12	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	5	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	15	10	8	10	10	10	10	15	15	10	10	10	5	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	4	2	8	8	8	4	10	10	5	-	-	-	-	8