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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Canterbury Wavefinder

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	Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tue
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 NE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	7	7	8	8	13	11	8	9	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	312	235	102	495	518	639	603	1379	1012	508	992	1201	1567	790	1497	714	703	663	1010	511	536	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:20PM 1.74	2:35AM 1.62		3:02PM 1.78		4:03AM 1.70	2:59PM 2.10			3:43PM 2.15		4:21AM 1.71	5:53PM 1.76		6:11AM 1.73			6:08AM 1.69		6:35PM 1.84	6:55AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			8:27PM 0.45	8:37AM 0.37		9:12PM 0.42	10:08AM 0.35		9:37PM 0.39	9:29AM 0.73		10:03PM 0.74	10:31AM 0.26		12:15AM 0.32		12:25PM 0.25	12:11AM 0.30		1:08PM 0.21	12:57AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	7	6	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	13	15	12	13	14	10	11	11	9	11
Low °C	9	10	6	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	12	11	10	12	8	9	9	9	7
Chill °C (?)	8	7	5	4	7	9	9	10	10	8	7	9	12	14	9	12	13	8	11	11	9	9
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.4 S	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	13	13	5	7	10	8	8	13	11	9	9	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	14	14	13	9	18	12	15	-	18	16	15	15	14	7	16	16	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.4 E	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.7 NNW	-	0.7 NW	-	0.4 N	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	3	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	9	-	-	-	5	3	-	4	-	3	-	3

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Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	9	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	485	395	312	242	235	254	37	102	302	240	495	428	518	645	670	639	723	670
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:52AM 1.60				2:20PM 1.74				2:18AM 1.65				2:45PM 1.79	3:42PM 1.69				3:17AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			7:53AM 0.40								8:15AM 0.74					9:58PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	10	10	10	7	7	9	6	6	6	10	10	11	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	4	6	7	8	7	7	5	5	6	4	4	4	7	8	9	8	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 S	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	5	10	7	7	7	10	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	18	17	9	16	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	9	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	-