Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	11	10	10	9	16	16	10	13	17	11	10	19	16	8	9	12	15	16	16	16
Energy	1136	751	238	113	54	75	258	225	81	255	60	220	62	123	109	418	308	431	1360	2495	3659	1764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:52AM 1.77	12:10PM 1.76	1:14AM 1.69		1:05PM 1.88	1:27AM 1.82		1:43PM 2.01			3:38PM 1.98		4:02AM 1.83	4:35PM 1.93		3:56AM 1.99	4:49PM 2.18		4:53AM 2.00	5:27PM 2.18		6:54AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.25	7:26AM 0.17		7:17PM 0.22	7:20AM 0.12		8:58PM 0.14	8:33AM 0.05		8:54PM 0.11	10:14AM -0.00		10:57PM 0.04	10:11AM -0.03		11:11PM 0.06	11:10AM -0.04		12:09AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	8	12	11	9	11	11	10	12	16	14	17	16	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	10
Low °C	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	14	13	15	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	9	7	6	11	10	9	11	11	10	12	16	13	17	16	8	8	7	8	11	11	8	10
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SE	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	9	11	10	10	13	9	11	10	10	5	8	9	12	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	4	4	15	13	16	16	18	9	12	16	13	19	16	15	14	14	11	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	3	-	2	-	-	3	2	3	3	4	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11							Friday 12								Saturday 13
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	9	9	13	12	16	16	16	10
Energy	691	1026	1136	1058	751	487	290	238	54	52	113	89	54	104	55	75	227	207	258	251	225	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:10PM 1.76				1:16AM 1.83				1:05PM 1.88				1:10AM 1.84				1:43PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53AM 0.27					7:03PM 0.25				7:26AM 0.17				7:59PM 0.18				7:20AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	10	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	12	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	8	7	5	6	5	5	6	8	11	10	9	10	9	8	7	9	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	9	9	13	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	10	16	16	16	15	4	4	4	4	4	16	15	9	4	13	17	17	16	16	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	4	-	2	3	-	-

	Thursday 11
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough 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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	9	14	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	642	646	691	691	1026	1026	536	1022	1136	1007	936	1058	1045	767	751	616	495	487	422	318	290	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													12:10PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						5:53AM 0.27	6:35AM 0.23												6:21PM 0.28	7:03PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	7	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	10	10	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	4	4