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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	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	3.0 NE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	436	403	1012	492	694	514	681	1461	790	588	352	488	289	564	587	127	138	65	52	67	37	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 1.76	2:18AM 1.75		2:36PM 1.73	3:00AM 1.76		4:19PM 1.73	3:40AM 1.78		4:14PM 1.67		5:24AM 1.68	4:56PM 1.66		5:21AM 1.78	6:29PM 1.70		6:04AM 1.77		7:13PM 1.69	5:37AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			7:59PM 0.30	8:21AM 0.34		8:40PM 0.31	9:04AM 0.36		9:19PM 0.33	9:46AM 0.38		10:20PM 0.34	11:40AM 0.36		11:03PM 0.36	11:37AM 0.41		11:46PM 0.38	12:22PM 0.43	1:13PM 0.41	1:22AM 0.40	11:58AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	23	22	16	22	19	19	18	19	14	20	16	18	22	20	15	17	15	12	11
Low °C	12	13	11	18	17	15	19	19	15	17	16	14	18	15	13	20	18	11	14	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	23	22	16	22	18	18	18	19	14	20	15	18	22	20	15	16	14	12	9
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.2 S	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	7	10	16	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	1.0 NNE	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	12	10	10	8	8	13	13	12	-	4	15	14	10	16	16	-	16	16	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	3.0 NE	-	2.0 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 ENE	3.0 NE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	8	-	9	8	9	9	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	9	-	3	-	4	5

	Sunday 16							Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	667	500	436	359	413	538	613	1156	620	565	865	840	938	883	795	860	251	655	548	891	377	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 1.73				1:54PM 1.76				2:18AM 1.75				3:32PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			7:36AM 0.32				7:59PM 0.30				8:40AM 0.35				8:59PM 0.31				9:24AM 0.37	10:12AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	12	13	14	12	12	11	11	12	14	18	22	17	16	16	16	15	17	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	13	18	22	16	16	16	16	14	16	23	22	23
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.2 S	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	11	7	7	6	8	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.0 NNE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	11	11	7	11	11	11	6	7	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	-	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	11	10	10	8	8	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	9	-

	Sunday 16
	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	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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	6
Energy(?)	651	559	555	506	506	500	468	233	436	436	571	481	451	622	544	608	468	735	832	316	474	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 1.73													2:09PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)							7:36AM 0.32	8:39AM 0.34													9:03PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	9	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	8	7	14	7	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	6