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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSE	1.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	12	14	12	11	16	13	16	11	5
Energy(?)	731	162	1151	1312	1354	1068	399	486	315	269	302	268	304	537	720	354	231	565	297	8	72	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:35AM 2.40		6:57PM 2.41	8:24AM 1.96		7:59PM 2.44	8:24AM 2.24		10:09PM 2.07	10:29AM 1.91		11:02PM 2.05	11:39AM 1.88		11:48PM 2.30		12:31PM 1.71	12:21AM 1.88		1:30PM 1.85	1:48AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33AM 0.09		12:27PM 0.55	12:59AM 0.57		2:51PM 0.07	1:54AM 0.64		3:37PM 0.39		4:20AM 0.17	4:48PM 0.12		5:26AM 0.16	5:38PM 0.17		6:20AM 0.13			7:17AM 0.19		7:33PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	10	9	10	9	8	10	11	9	12	13	14	16	17	15	17	19	17	14	16	16
Low °C	7	7	9	8	8	9	6	8	10	8	10	13	13	14	16	12	14	16	11	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	5	4	7	6	8	6	5	10	11	9	12	13	14	16	17	14	17	19	16	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.0 E	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	10	12	14	12	11	16	13	8	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	10	15	14	15	11	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	9	11	16	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	-	1.4 ESE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	10	8	8	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	3	5	4	4	6	5

	Mon	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	3	3	0	2	2	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	2.4 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	1.3 ESE	1.8 S	2.1 E	1.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.8 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 S	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	269	255	396	549	873	404	356	435	655	895	1399	390	1354	833	1209	745	1135	652	1007	596	433	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:06PM 2.13			6:00AM 2.17	7:23AM 1.98				8:01PM 2.60				8:24AM 1.96					9:05PM 1.95				9:33AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			12:07AM 0.50				12:27PM 0.55				2:20AM 0.13				2:40PM 0.09				2:46AM 0.18	3:31AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	10
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	4	5	6	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 S	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	7	7	10	17	16	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	8	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	-	1.1 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	17	-	7	8	15	15	14	14	14	8	13	13	8	8	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	2.4 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	-	1.8 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	3	8	9	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	-

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	3	3	0	2	2	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	1.1 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	278	183	111	111	707	315	114	118	238	237	791	240	917	194	873	1110	843	951	1017	1344	1354	2081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 2.60												7:31AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)							12:07AM 0.50													1:52PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.4 NE	1.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.3 NE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	9	8	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	17	-	9	-	17	-	-	-	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	-	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	-	9	9	8	9	8	-	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	9