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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	3	2	3	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	4	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.4 NE	2.0 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	5	8	13	13	8	10	8	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	14	13	12	14	11
Energy(?)	62	69	53	39	605	377	12	3649	10473	1691	1059	571	753	505	302	407	281	906	948	670	1326	1215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:38PM 1.83	2:45AM 2.14		3:19PM 1.91	2:52AM 1.78		4:04PM 1.97		4:22AM 1.61	3:32PM 2.20		5:11AM 1.95	4:31PM 1.99		4:54AM 1.97			6:47AM 2.05		7:23PM 2.42	7:56AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 0.58	8:51AM 0.52		8:46PM 0.25	9:00AM 0.14		10:19PM 0.20	10:33AM 0.10		11:06PM 0.13	11:29AM 0.08		11:08PM 0.10	11:13AM 0.07	12:24PM 0.07	11:22PM 0.37		1:18PM 0.07	1:34AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	1
High °C	16	14	9	8	9	8	10	9	8	9	9	7	11	12	11	14	15	7	8	9	7	7
Low °C	15	11	6	8	8	6	8	9	6	8	7	6	9	10	11	13	9	7	7	8	5	6
Chill °C (?)	14	11	7	6	7	4	7	6	5	7	6	3	10	11	10	13	14	4	6	6	4	5
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 N	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 NE	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	1.6 SSW	0.2 S	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	18	8	13	13	8	10	4	10	13	12	11	11	11	7	10	10	15	14	7	17	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	1.1 NE	1.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	15	6	15	15	8	15	13	12	10	14	6	11	11	10	9	7	13	7	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 S	-	0.8 NNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.5 NNE	1.4 NE	-	1.4 NE	2.0 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.0 SSW	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	5	3	-	2	-	4	3	11	13	-	-	6	7	-	7	7	7	6	-	12	4	-

	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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 - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	1	3	3	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	5	6	8	8	8	13	13	13	7	6	9	8	9	10	12	14	7	8	17	17
Energy(?)	85	73	70	58	69	348	308	43	42	61	334	302	502	502	410	472	22	55	700	752	172	2811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 1.66				2:36PM 1.85				2:53AM 1.74													4:01PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			7:59AM 0.61				8:02PM 0.33				7:43AM 0.62				8:46PM 0.25					9:42AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	15	16	14	12	11	9	8	7	6	7	9	8	7	5	7	6	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	10	14	15	11	10	9	6	6	3	6	5	9	8	4	1	3	3	5	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	1.2 S	0.5 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	6	8	8	8	6	13	13	7	6	4	8	9	10	12	14	8	8	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	18	13	13	16	15	13	6	6	13	13	13	15	15	15	8	12	5	15	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 NE	0.4 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	-	0.3 N	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	7	6	9	-	2	4	4	8	7	8	3	-

	Friday 05
	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 - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	1	3	3	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	4	14	14	5	5	5	13	13	13	16	16	16	8	13	8	13	9	13
Energy(?)	107	85	22	21	40	67	67	62	62	88	30	17	19	111	117	122	71	30	366	70	62	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:12AM 1.66												1:38PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)									8:12AM 0.32												8:34PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	17	15	15	16	15	15	14	12	12	11	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	9	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	13	14	14	18	18	13	4	5	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	6	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	13	8	13	16	16	16	13	13	15	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3