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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	Thu		Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	11	10	8	8	7	7	12	12
Energy(?)	517	400	182	490	199	263	175	52	154	166	281	472	593	371	252	202	1020	522	343	50	81	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:21AM 1.78	5:39PM 1.64		6:04AM 1.77	6:23PM 1.62		7:38AM 1.82		7:47PM 1.67	8:12AM 1.82		7:52PM 1.55	7:55AM 1.69		8:37PM 1.52	8:41AM 1.67		9:23PM 1.51	10:34AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 0.36	11:37AM 0.41		12:35AM 0.35	12:22PM 0.43		12:31AM 0.40		1:59PM 0.42	1:56AM 0.43		2:33PM 0.46	2:03AM 0.44		2:21PM 0.49	2:49AM 0.44		4:13PM 0.43	3:34AM 0.43	4:21AM 0.42	4:55PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	26	22	12	12	13	11	13	15	12	10	11	12	14	14	13	18	18	19	22	22
Low °C	14	14	22	19	10	12	12	11	13	13	9	9	11	10	13	14	13	16	17	16	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	16	26	22	10	11	12	9	13	14	12	9	10	10	12	12	11	18	18	19	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NE	1.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	10	12	8	7	7	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	16	14	14	6	5	5	4	13	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 NNE	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	-	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 N
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	4	5	6	8	-	4	3	3	4

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	9
Energy(?)	237	536	412	517	228	550	587	551	145	106	393	343	293	216	141	124	175	148	134	102	47	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:21AM 1.78				6:29PM 1.70				6:04AM 1.77				6:01PM 1.64	7:13PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				11:03PM 0.36				11:37AM 0.41				12:27AM 0.39				12:00PM 0.44				12:31AM 0.40	1:23AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	14	15	14	14	16	19	21	27	20	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	13	14	13	14	16	19	21	27	20	11	10	9	10	11	12	12	11	9	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	5	9	5	15	9	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	4	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	16	15	14	14	15	6	9	9	5	14	14	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	5	6	-	-	-	9	9	4	4	4

	Thursday 20	Friday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	233	517	514	527	256	483	433	431	489	489	441	407	452	407	202	190	509	192	181	549	182	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:21AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)											11:43PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	19	22	23
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	16	16	14	14	12	12	15	15	15	16	16	19	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	14	14	14	4	14	14	15	4	4	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	3	10	10	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-