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 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	2	3	0	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.7 S	1.3 ESE	1.9 S	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	9	9	10	9	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	16	12	18	15	12	13
Energy(?)	220	160	258	1229	361	823	320	827	749	575	361	289	277	165	163	250	498	218	206	400	191	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:06PM 2.13	7:33AM 1.96		8:05PM 2.13	8:32AM 1.94		8:58PM 2.55	9:35AM 1.91		10:09PM 2.07	10:26AM 2.33		11:10PM 2.04	11:18AM 2.28		12:00AM 2.02		12:37PM 1.87	12:56AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54PM 0.05	1:33AM 0.09		1:52PM 0.06	2:31AM 0.10		2:51PM 0.07		3:31AM 0.12	3:37PM 0.39		4:17AM 0.43	4:48PM 0.12		5:12AM 0.45	5:46PM 0.15		6:06AM 0.47		6:38PM 0.15	6:56AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	12	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	8	9	10	9	10	9	8	10	12	10	12	13	11	15	16	14	16	19	17	21
Low °C	10	9	7	7	9	8	8	9	7	7	10	9	10	11	10	12	13	13	14	17	15	19
Chill °C (?)	8	7	5	6	7	7	8	6	5	10	11	9	12	12	10	15	16	13	15	19	16	21
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	10	16	12	11	15	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	15	14	13	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	9	18	8	6	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.5 SE	0.4 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	6	8	9	9	3	9	8	8	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	3	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	8	10	8
Energy(?)	220	306	289	279	308	258	270	213	1229	909	361	343	343	823	729	831	805	1195	346	702	1160	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	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	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 1.97				7:06PM 2.13				7:35AM 2.40				8:01PM 2.60				8:32AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			12:54PM 0.05				1:32AM 0.09				1:40PM 0.36				2:31AM 0.10				2:38PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.5 SE	1.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	3	9	8	3	3	3	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Monday 20																	Tuesday 21
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.3 SE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	132	227	220	253	291	217	202	202	160	289	165	184	184	203	184	184	235	714	257	239	747	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 1.97													7:05PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)							12:54PM 0.05													1:32AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.3 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	9