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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.0 SE	1.5 SE	3.0 E	1.8 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.3 S	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	10	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	9	12	14	12	11	10	8	10	6	8
Energy(?)	516	213	457	4755	1317	3653	1978	847	485	387	203	78	115	180	261	354	630	340	509	350	535	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 1.46		4:32AM 1.89	4:47PM 1.76		5:10AM 2.24	5:38PM 1.76		6:02AM 1.75	6:13PM 2.17		6:45AM 1.76		7:06PM 1.82	7:20AM 2.32	6:34PM 2.05		8:07AM 1.92		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 0.34	10:43AM 0.38		10:55PM 0.55	11:24AM 0.56		11:48PM 0.24	12:18PM 0.26		12:31AM 0.19		1:05PM 0.24	1:22AM 0.20			12:46AM 0.51		1:48PM 0.22	2:13AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	6	5	32	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	14	15	17	15	18	20	16	21	17	14	14	17	15	18
Low °C	14	15	12	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	16	14	17	19	14	18	15	12	13	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	10	10	12	14	13	14	15	17	15	18	20	16	21	16	13	13	16	14	18
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 SE	0.5 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	14	12	11	10	8	14	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 E	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.2 S	1.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	9	-	-	8	14	13	12	10	7	7	8	9	16	11	6	11	10	11	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SE	3.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.7 E	-	0.5 S	-	1.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	4	10	9	3	8	7	7	7	7	-	2	2	12	-	6	-	6	2	10	6	2

	Sunday 15							Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 SSE	1.6 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	323	241	516	565	751	148	192	575	707	2779	991	4414	3399	1480	1743	933	1545	3069	2253	1562	1066	783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:51AM 1.85					4:03PM 2.08				4:37AM 1.71				4:57PM 1.73			3:55AM 2.23					4:52PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 0.43					10:19PM 0.33				10:50AM 0.34				10:55PM 0.55				10:49AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	8	2	2	3	3	5	9	-	2	4	2	1	1
Temp. °C	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	8	10	10	8	8	8	10	11	11	12	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 E	1.6 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	8	6	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 E	-	-	2.0 SE	1.3 SE	-	1.3 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 E
Period (s)	15	8	12	-	-	9	10	11	12	-	-	9	9	-	9	14	9	12	13	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 S	3.0 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	5	7	7	7	3	4	4	4	9	8	8	8	4	4	4	7	11	7	7	7	7

	Sunday 15
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 SSE	0.6 E	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	140	170	323	323	292	75	75	113	131	395	119	524	549	199	213	165	234	275	1140	1233	1361	1661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:51AM 1.85													4:03PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)										10:06AM 0.38											9:35PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	14	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	9	15	15	8	7	7	9	9	14	9	14	14	9	9	-	13	13	22	22	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	5	3	3	4	4	7	3	7	8	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8