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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	Sat	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	9	7	9	6	6	11	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	10	11	8
Energy(?)	146	133	181	140	136	82	89	89	61	115	21	73	71	15	80	102	87	16	26	54	111	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:48AM 2.05	6:11PM 1.85		6:00AM 2.15	6:02PM 1.98		6:34AM 2.11	6:56PM 1.93	7:16PM 1.91	8:34AM 2.11		8:58PM 1.65	9:27AM 2.01		9:53PM 1.70	10:19AM 1.77		10:49PM 1.66	11:12AM 1.69		11:01PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	11:33PM -0.02	12:10PM 0.06		12:25AM -0.02	12:21PM 0.08		12:19AM -0.01	12:56PM 0.10		1:32AM 0.05		2:58PM 0.09	3:12AM 0.08		3:02PM 0.18		4:06AM 0.17	4:39PM 0.18		4:59AM 0.25	4:45PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	1
High °C	12	16	15	13	16	17	14	18	18	15	22	19	15	20	18	18	23	28	15	12	14	15
Low °C	11	14	14	13	15	16	14	17	18	14	18	18	15	18	17	16	21	28	13	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	15	14	11	16	17	13	18	18	15	22	19	15	20	18	18	23	28	14	10	14	14
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 NE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	5	5	5	6	7	10	5	7	6	6	13	7	6	6	6	10	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	11	7	9	11	10	10	14	7	11	4	7	4	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 N	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.9 N	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	3	-	-	7	4	-	3	-	5	-	4

	Sat	Sunday 04								Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	5	5	8	5	9	7	9	7	5	6	6	12
Energy(?)	123	96	97	86	157	178	191	177	132	118	114	89	102	59	115	96	78	47	53	57	89	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:48AM 2.05				5:09PM 2.00				6:45AM 2.22					7:06PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28PM -0.02				11:07AM 0.08				11:42PM -0.03									1:22AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	14	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	18
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	11	11	13	12	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	5	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	9	16	16	11	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	5	7	7	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 03				Sunday 04
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	26	96	101	85	169	150	150	131	131	149	37	37	86	37	157	94	116	125	137	143	181	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:50AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:10PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	16	16	16	17	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	17	17	16	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	3	3