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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	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	0	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	7	7	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	12
Energy(?)	165	38	77	278	501	925	750	967	1010	366	291	308	276	289	242	127	184	320	343	673	146	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 1.66	8:30AM 1.66		8:08PM 1.67	7:33AM 2.13		8:40PM 1.97	10:12AM 1.59		9:35PM 1.61	11:01AM 1.57		11:26PM 1.70	11:42AM 1.46		12:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:41PM 0.42	2:26AM 0.37		1:51PM 0.45	2:28AM 0.49		2:13PM 0.81	2:16AM 0.99	4:03AM 0.48	3:13PM 0.53		4:50AM 0.49	5:02PM 0.48		5:34AM 0.43	4:45PM 0.85		6:18AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	13	15	16	16	15	20	21	18	20	21	16	15	14	13	15	16	15	18	18	17	12
Low °C	13	13	15	14	15	14	17	19	16	17	18	12	14	12	12	13	14	13	15	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	14	14	13	20	21	17	20	21	16	15	13	11	14	15	14	18	17	17	9
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.9 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	10	12	9	15	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	14	14	15	9	9	15	16	11	16	14	5	7	12	12	8	14	13	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.5 NW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	7	7	8	-	3	4	4	-	-	4	-	3	4	5	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 06							Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	12	12	5	5	5	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	203	202	66	47	205	214	73	122	92	232	349	326	501	604	699	620	1318	805	1230	1159	615	793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:40AM 1.58				6:33PM 1.98				7:16AM 1.58				8:57PM 1.75					9:19AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 0.41				1:03PM 0.40				12:32AM 0.82				2:42PM 0.42				1:19AM 0.90	3:16AM 0.46				3:27PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	16	15	13	13	13	13	15	15	17	15	15	14	14	14	17	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	16	13	13	12	13	13	17	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.4 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	11	11	5	5	5	12	5	5	5	12	10	9	9	9	10	14	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	3	5	5	5	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	3	3

	Monday 06
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	11	6	5	11	11	6	6	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	317	203	49	20	160	160	61	47	42	34	149	153	47	77	81	104	22	141	90	94	33	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					8:07PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 0.41													1:55PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	14	11	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	5	13	13	13	5	12	10	5	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	10	6	11	11	13	8	8	10	5	5	10	-	-	-	10	5	5	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	5	5	-	10	10	10	-	10	3	3	4	4