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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	2.0 S	1.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	7	8	10	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	14	11	11	10	8
Energy(?)	96	55	141	521	219	2152	4083	5641	2540	1369	930	777	279	214	292	175	130	390	712	561	280	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:26PM 1.44	4:00AM 1.82		4:16PM 1.71	3:17AM 2.21	4:32AM 1.89	4:47PM 1.76		5:22AM 1.88	5:29PM 1.79		5:52AM 2.28	6:21PM 1.79		6:46AM 1.91	6:16PM 1.78	7:05PM 1.66	7:30AM 1.76		7:03PM 1.79	7:28AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:35PM 0.38	10:09AM 0.42		8:54PM 0.69	10:43AM 0.38		10:54PM 0.28	11:36AM 0.32		11:48PM 0.24	12:09PM 0.50		12:24AM 0.42			1:19AM 0.18			1:20AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	14	8	5	8	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	11	-
High °C	16	15	13	15	15	13	12	13	13	14	15	13	14	17	13	18	22	17	15	16	12	13
Low °C	14	15	12	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	16	13	16	20	12	15	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	11	13	13	10	8	10	11	12	13	11	14	16	12	18	22	16	15	16	11	12
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SE	0.1 S	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 S	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	16	8	9	8	21	13	13	12	11	10	9	7	8	8	8	8	14	11	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 SE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	15	12	10	-	-	-	14	10	12	8	9	7	7	7	8	14	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	1.1 SSE	2.0 S	0.9 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	9	6	7	4	10	9	8	7	7	8	7	7	-	-	-	2	7	7	3	-	3

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Sumner Bar Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	2.0 S	1.0 SE	2.3 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	13	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	325	166	112	70	65	59	352	285	521	196	723	246	170	612	418	777	4492	5112	4116	4471	3230	3179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:34PM 1.67				3:51AM 1.85					4:16PM 1.70				4:41AM 1.85				4:12PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	9:21AM 0.38				9:34PM 0.38				10:00AM 0.43	10:09AM 0.42				10:19PM 0.33				10:50AM 0.34				10:17PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	4	3	4	2	2	1	2
Temp. °C	14	15	16	15	15	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	14	15	10	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	10	11	8	9	8	8	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E
Period (s)	7	6	13	8	8	4	8	7	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	9	13	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	-	1.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	12	13	12	8	15	8	12	9	-	9	10	-	-	12	19	-	10	16	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSW	2.0 S	0.6 SSW	2.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	8	4	5	4	6	5	7	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	7	7	7

	Saturday 14																Sunday 15
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Sumner Bar Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	365	368	96	94	73	36	255	171	160	112	123	70	49	73	53	63	202	154	154	286	352	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	on	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:25PM 1.69												3:18AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			9:24AM 0.46												9:17PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	15	14	12	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	15	14	10	11	11	11	11	9
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 SE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	1.0 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	6	9	6	7	7	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6