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

7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 S	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	20	10
Energy(?)	3307	1439	1210	1107	1065	1405	689	577	257	443	320	275	396	351	269	260	291	275	198	161	70	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:54PM 1.91		6:11AM 1.73	5:30PM 1.87	6:37PM 1.76	6:56AM 1.60		7:23PM 1.76	6:55AM 1.70		7:22PM 1.82	7:23AM 1.73		7:51PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.74		9:53PM 1.86	9:39AM 1.76		10:49PM 1.71	11:23AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 0.26		12:15AM 0.32			12:58AM 0.27		1:08PM 0.21	1:45AM 0.24		1:57PM 0.21	1:45AM 0.26		1:44PM 0.24	2:17AM 0.26		3:46PM 0.23		3:28AM 0.23	4:39PM 0.21		5:06AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	4	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	12	12	11	13	11	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	9
Low °C	11	13	9	10	10	11	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	9	7	8	9	7	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	11	13	9	10	10	8	11	11	8	7	6	5	7	7	9	8	8	5	7	9	6	8
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	1.1 NE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	13	18	17	8	15	11	14	7	15	11	6	6	10	5	7	11	20	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 NE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	-	-	2	4	4	-	2	3	9

	Saturday 12							Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	5442	1633	1347	1087	1655	1295	1344	1210	1069	1595	999	1548	1065	1626	1386	573	530	530	810	553	479	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:28AM 1.73				5:53PM 1.76				5:23AM 1.69	6:10AM 1.59			5:30PM 1.87					6:08AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				11:39AM 0.28					12:13AM 0.30			11:35AM 0.24				11:51PM 0.30	1:01AM 0.29				1:08PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	14	14	13	11	11	10	12	9	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	11	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	13	12	12	9	9	8	10	7	10	10	8	9	8	8	7	9	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	13	19	11	10	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	20	13	18	18	18	8	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-