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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	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	2	3	4	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 SE	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	8	8	8	8	12	12	13	11	11	9	11	14	10	8	9	8	8	11	10
Energy(?)	1447	1320	904	1478	518	349	56	74	118	538	680	658	833	1585	826	215	163	220	122	240	255	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 2.24	5:36PM 1.61		4:34AM 2.24	6:20PM 1.80		5:58AM 1.87	5:40PM 2.04		6:42AM 1.85		7:03PM 1.79	7:28AM 1.82		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79		8:24PM 1.81	10:02AM 1.84		9:48PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 0.28	11:24AM 0.56		10:10PM 0.57	10:58AM 0.51		12:30AM 0.18	12:14PM 0.23		1:10AM 0.20	1:00PM 0.22		1:20AM 0.20		1:48PM 0.22	2:13AM 0.23		2:40PM 0.23	2:50AM 0.28		4:24PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	15	14	14	15	15	15	20	19	17	21	14	12	12	14	13	21	23	14	17	17	19
Low °C	12	14	14	14	14	15	13	17	19	14	17	14	12	12	14	12	18	17	14	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	9	13	12	12	15	15	14	20	19	17	21	12	11	12	12	11	21	23	14	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 SE	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	12	13	11	11	9	11	14	10	8	9	8	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	14	10	9	9	9	3	12	7	11	6	8	10	10	10	5	6	14	6	13	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 S	-	1.1 S	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	10	5	4	9	4	4	4	3

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	1.7 E	2.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1227	820	1754	1277	1141	1105	1146	653	1132	1478	1273	833	518	464	349	303	235	223	203	63	74	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)								4:52PM 1.73				5:17AM 1.86				5:33PM 1.76				6:46AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 0.55				11:36AM 0.32				11:38PM 0.24				11:31AM 0.26				11:45PM 0.19				12:14PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	9	1	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	16	18
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	11	13	11	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	15	12	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	1.7 E	2.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	1.3 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	1.3 E	1.1 S	0.9 ENE	1.6 S	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	12	8	14	14	11	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	0.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	7	7	3	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	-

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.0 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	10	8
Energy(?)	1547	930	2656	1564	1476	820	2647	2625	1436	2875	2876	2728	2640	2509	2376	2392	1912	1251	2057	637	589	1439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:55AM 2.23													4:52PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)																10:49AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	4	2	-	1	1	-	2	-	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	10	10	9	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	1.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	15	15	-	9	12	10	14	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	4	3	8	7	7	4	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	8