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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	10	15	16	14	14	16	12	8	8	9	8	8	12	7	7	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	201	330	160	221	210	303	236	245	80	137	18	330	24	307	174	80	560	329	148	288	80	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:01PM 1.96		6:34AM 2.14	6:39PM 1.95		8:20AM 2.20		8:47PM 1.99	8:35AM 2.06		9:03PM 1.85	9:38AM 1.99		10:06PM 1.81	10:39AM 1.93		11:47PM 1.71	11:38AM 1.87		12:07AM 1.75	12:18PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 0.06		12:17AM -0.01	12:58PM 0.08		1:17AM 0.02		2:47PM 0.05	3:05AM 0.02		3:00PM 0.14	3:19AM 0.11		3:42PM 0.20		4:19AM 0.16	5:39PM 0.14		5:17AM 0.20	5:53PM 0.22		5:57AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	13	16	17	16	15	15	16	18	22	18	12	13	11	14	14	14	16	17	15	19
Low °C	15	14	12	16	16	13	15	14	15	18	20	11	11	12	10	12	13	12	14	17	12	17
Chill °C (?)	17	15	13	16	17	16	15	14	16	17	22	17	11	13	9	13	12	14	16	17	14	18
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:20	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	11	10	7	7	16	14	14	7	12	4	8	6	8	8	7	12	7	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	9	4	10	9	7	6	7	16	9	8	10	8	8	14	12	8	12	7	12	6	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 E	-	1.6 N	0.4 N	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	-	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	-	0.4 NW	1.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	5	3	4	5	-	4	6	7	-	3	9	3	4

	Friday 07							Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	14	16	16	17	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	241	268	234	225	171	227	72	62	68	201	221	180	210	216	293	303	74	71	245	225	242	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 2.14				6:01PM 1.96				6:34AM 2.14				6:39PM 1.95					7:34AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)				11:58AM 0.05					1:07AM -0.03			12:58PM 0.08					2:02AM -0.01				1:59PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	15	18	14	12	12	11	13	16	16	17	18	16	16	13	11	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	14	18	13	12	12	10	13	16	16	17	18	16	16	12	10	15	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	11	11	8	7	7	7	14	16	16	9	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	7	7	10	8	8	4	4	4	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	17	9	6	5	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.3 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	3	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	2	4	-	2	3

	Friday 07
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	189	271	270	268	219	268	49	77	77	204	225	225	225	171	207	235	159	147	215	179	158	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:17AM 2.16													6:48PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)											11:58AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	18	15	14	17	15	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	18	14	13	16	14	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	12	7	12	9	9	7	10	10	10	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	6	6	4	4	9	4	4	4