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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	Fri		Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.9 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.4 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	11	8	10	10	6	6
Energy(?)	2099	443	757	924	1435	2588	2724	83	1599	1495	90	1005	835	547	367	327	103	97	129	37	141	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:05PM 1.74	9:29AM 1.83		9:47PM 1.77	10:11AM 1.83		9:27PM 2.06	9:36AM 2.02		11:50PM 1.61	12:14PM 1.58		12:42AM 1.92			1:42AM 2.00			2:41AM 2.08		3:03PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		3:24AM 0.28		3:43PM 0.29		4:04AM 0.31	3:07PM 0.62	3:33AM 0.74		5:34PM 0.19		6:04AM 0.23	6:28PM 0.19		6:56AM 0.29	5:56PM 0.64	7:18PM 0.19	7:56AM 0.26	6:55PM 0.65	8:16PM 0.14	8:56AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	8	-	1	8	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	16	13	14	14	13	14	16	14	16	16	14	14	14	12	17	16	16	19	21	17	12	13
Low °C	14	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	16	15	13	13	14	12	15	15	14	18	19	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	11	13	11	10	13	15	13	16	16	14	13	12	11	17	15	16	19	21	17	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	3.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	12	9	12	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	8	7	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	8	12	9	9	-	9	12	18	11	11	15	11	11	10	8	4	10	5	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.9 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	0.3 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 E	0.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	7	8	9	9	-	12	2	10	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	4	-	10	7	6	6

	Friday 23			Saturday 24								Sunday 25								Monday 26
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	1.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	2099	677	1147	1488	1443	1790	757	578	635	760	522	1116	442	2137	2588	2744	2724	2409	1850	2087	2100	1847
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:05PM 1.74				7:54AM 2.07				10:00PM 1.52								9:27PM 2.06	10:42PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)					3:12AM 0.29				2:17PM 0.63					4:04AM 0.31				4:33PM 0.28				4:59AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	3	2	-	2	4	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	13	14	13	12	12	13	15	16	14	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	11	10	10	13	12	14	11	13	11	11	11	12	15	15	13	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.5 S	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	8	9	11	12	12	9	9	12	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	15	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	12	12	9	9	9	9	10	-	9	9	11	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	10

	Friday 23										Saturday 24
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	2344	794	678	1961	1912	1782	498	491	486	1185	1105	1149	1275	1448	1443	949	1632	1790	799	2079	2213	2169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:36PM 2.03												7:54AM 2.07		9:21AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 0.28												3:12AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	12	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	9	9	15	15	15	11	10	10	10	11	11	8	10	10	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	5	5	6	6	7	9	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9