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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	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	1	0	0	3	4	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	11	5	5	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	6	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	70	166	21	66	287	421	994	293	877	478	306	446	301	201	258	210	118	284	965	422	795	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:26AM 1.64		6:53PM 1.70	8:29AM 1.54		8:08PM 1.67	7:33AM 2.13		8:40PM 1.97	8:51AM 2.05		10:38PM 1.70	11:01AM 1.57		11:26PM 1.70	11:48AM 1.57		11:05PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 0.41		12:41PM 0.42	1:15AM 0.48		2:42PM 0.42	2:28AM 0.49		2:13PM 0.81	2:16AM 0.99		3:13PM 0.53		4:50AM 0.49	5:02PM 0.48		5:36AM 0.48	5:47PM 0.46		6:18AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	13	14	16	17	15	16	21	18	20	17	15	15	14	13	15	16	14	18	16	15
Low °C	12	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	19	18	18	16	13	13	12	12	13	14	11	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	14	14	16	13	16	21	18	20	17	15	15	14	12	14	14	13	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.3 E	2.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.1 S	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	5	12	12	10	15	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	12	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	15	11	11	5	14	15	15	13	9	9	16	15	16	14	5	6	8	-	-	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW	-	0.3 SW	0.9 S	-	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	5	7	7	8	-	-	4	4	-	2	5	-	3	5	6	8	3	-	-

	Sun	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	11	11	10	10	12	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	304	317	203	202	66	47	205	64	86	104	80	255	287	307	421	720	750	552	304	1244	1138	1082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 1.76				7:40AM 1.58				6:33PM 1.98				8:30AM 1.66				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	3:14AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	12	13	16	13	13	13	13	15	14	16	16	14	14	14	13	15	17	20
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	12	12	13	15	13	13	13	13	14	12	14	14	12	12	13	12	14	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	5	5	12	5	5	5	5	11	12	12	10	10	15	15	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	14	14	15	14	9	9	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 05					Monday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	5	14	5	5	5	5	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10
Energy(?)	308	304	304	296	70	24	252	54	57	57	58	202	35	34	34	34	33	47	22	90	85	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 1.76													7:41AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)							12:47AM 0.40												12:23PM 0.63	1:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	5	5	14	4	4	4	5	11	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	11	5	14	13	13	13	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6