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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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	3	3	4	3	0	0	3	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	1.6 NNE	0.3 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	5	9	8	15	7	11	6	4	9	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	188	100	221	146	164	77	4	60	23	39	62	885	822	873	1111	259	38	649	24	1176	663	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:06PM 2.23	3:38AM 1.56		3:20PM 1.80	3:42AM 1.77		4:00PM 1.77		4:23AM 1.78	4:41PM 1.73		5:42AM 1.85	6:12PM 1.75		5:46AM 1.77	6:56PM 1.72		6:29AM 1.75	6:27PM 1.64	7:41PM 1.69	7:15AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			9:29PM 0.21	8:40AM 0.63		9:30PM 0.26	9:50AM 0.28		10:49PM 0.30	10:33AM 0.31		10:50PM 0.30	11:57AM 0.36		11:32PM 0.33	12:01PM 0.38		12:15AM 0.37	12:47PM 0.42		1:53AM 0.40
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	11	14	11	10	17	17	16	18	17	10	14	17	15	22	21	17	14	13	9	13
Low °C	14	14	9	13	11	9	13	16	14	17	13	9	12	15	13	21	19	9	12	12	8	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	10	12	9	7	16	16	14	16	16	10	13	16	14	22	20	15	12	11	7	12
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 NE	1.6 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	16	17	9	8	8	7	8	6	10	9	16	15	15	15	16	16	5	10	10	7	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.6 NNE	0.2 E	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	15	12	10	9	11	8	14	12	10	10	10	4	8	16	15	12	7	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 N	1.2 NNE	-	0.3 W	1.0 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.4 NNW	0.8 NE	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	-	1.1 N	-	0.7 N	1.0 NE	0.4 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	2.5 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	6	5	-	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	-	5	-	5	4	3	5	2	10	9	4

	Saturday 18							Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	16	16	6	17	16	9	9	15	16	8	8	15	9	7	7	4	9	8	7	6	7
Energy(?)	84	52	89	100	213	320	257	221	344	241	93	103	180	79	102	77	5	115	69	68	10	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- 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	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:52AM 1.67				2:37PM 1.83				3:35AM 1.85				3:55PM 1.88	4:04PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:59AM 0.21				8:47PM 0.25				9:06AM 0.26				9:30PM 0.26				9:50AM 0.28
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	16	19	16	14	11	10	10	9	13	14	13	11	8	9	6	10	12	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	6	9	15	19	15	14	10	8	9	9	12	12	12	9	7	6	3	7	10	17	17	13
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	7	10	10	6	17	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	7	7	4	9	8	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	16	5	16	10	16	16	15	15	16	12	5	10	11	9	9	9	15	9	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 NE	0.4 NNW	0.9 NE	1.2 NNE	1.0 N	0.5 NW	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	1.1 NNE	1.7 N	0.7 NE	0.8 NNW	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	5	3	6	5	4	4	-	4	-	4	11	5	9	-	3	3	5	6	4	4	5

	Saturday 18
	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	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.5 S	1.4 N	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	7	16	16	16	6	6	6	15	5	5	16	18	17	17	10	16	16	16	10	16
Energy(?)	66	35	84	36	217	217	184	184	346	185	141	122	266	56	213	213	33	239	338	197	34	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								8:20AM 0.24												8:29PM 0.25	9:33PM 0.26
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	18	16	16	17	14	12	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	17	15	15	16	14	11	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	4	7	4	10	10	10	16	16	15	15	15	16	10	17	17	6	9	9	16	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	10	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10	16	16	6	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 N	0.3 WNW	0.4 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.5 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 NW
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	4

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