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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 E	3.5 NE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 NE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	14	13	13	12	5	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	12	12	8	6	8	16
Energy(?)	145	76	70	59	76	83	79	105	332	718	738	865	2363	498	739	534	576	531	935	634	1350	583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:48AM 1.74		9:35PM 1.91	10:49AM 1.86		11:24PM 2.00	10:50AM 1.75		12:26AM 2.00	12:53PM 1.85		1:26AM 2.00		1:52PM 1.87	1:27AM 1.94		2:47PM 1.88	2:18AM 1.95		3:38PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:57AM 0.22		3:18PM 0.18	3:59AM 0.25	4:45AM 0.19	4:54PM 0.44		4:44AM 0.28	6:05PM 0.16		6:44AM 0.21		7:03PM 0.16	7:25AM 0.46		7:03PM 0.17	8:37AM 0.19		7:56PM 0.15	8:28AM 0.18		9:49PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	20	16	18	18	15	15	15	15	16	20	20	22	20	17	17	18	21	18	14	13
Low °C	14	16	16	13	14	15	14	15	15	15	16	19	17	20	20	15	17	17	18	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	21	20	16	18	18	14	13	12	12	14	19	20	22	20	17	17	18	21	18	13	13
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 ESE	1.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.8 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	5	6	9	6	6	7	12	14	11	10	18	15	15	9	9	8	8	12	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	16	14	13	13	6	6	7	-	-	-	16	14	13	10	12	14	12	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 E	3.5 NE	0.8 N	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	-	2	-	6	5	7	9	10	10	10	4	-	-	-	8	8	6	8	-

	Mon	Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	7	6	6	6	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	5	6
Energy(?)	217	226	372	224	76	68	70	112	62	59	85	80	76	46	83	205	69	79	163	155	105	198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:33PM 1.92				9:48AM 1.88					10:21PM 2.01				10:48AM 2.31				11:24PM 2.00				11:52AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			2:57AM 0.22									4:45AM 0.19				4:02PM 0.22				4:44AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Temp. °C	13	15	14	14	16	20	20	15	16	15	14	13	14	17	18	15	14	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	15	13	14	16	20	20	15	16	15	13	12	13	17	18	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	5	6	7	6	6	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	14	6	12	6	6	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	16	9	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	6	13	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	5	6

	Monday 23				Tuesday 24
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	224	184	217	135	81	70	148	107	85	87	90	93	91	72	76	93	80	77	90	90	70	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)															9:48AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)								2:38AM 0.24	3:46AM 0.17											3:00PM 0.21		4:07PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	20	21	18	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	20	21	18	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	5	10	5	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	6	6