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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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Canterbury Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Fri		Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	11
Energy(?)	1374	5376	2343	1584	1801	1639	1439	1339	637	470	262	222	182	229	683	525	216	164	260	411	573	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:43PM 2.15		3:36AM 2.13	5:53PM 1.76		6:11AM 1.73		6:38PM 1.91	6:56AM 1.60		7:23PM 1.76	7:44AM 1.61		7:01PM 1.83	7:45AM 1.71		8:12PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.74		9:07PM 1.77	9:17AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 0.33	10:11AM 0.71		12:13AM 0.30		12:25PM 0.25	1:01AM 0.29		1:08PM 0.21	1:45AM 0.24		1:57PM 0.21	1:26AM 0.27		2:03PM 0.24	2:36AM 0.24		3:43PM 0.21		3:10AM 0.25	4:39PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	12	11	14	14	13	12	11	12	13	11	9	11	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	9
Low °C	12	10	11	13	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	10	9	6	8	8	8	6	8	7	6	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	13	13	10	10	9	9	11	11	8	9	11	5	9	8	7	8	8	6	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.3 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	18	16	15	14	14	18	17	15	15	11	3	5	5	11	10	4	10	12	10	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.2 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NNE	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	-	-	4	-	10	10	7	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	5	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 E	5.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	288	2047	2433	5175	6496	1662	1543	1256	1584	1485	1212	1087	974	999	1639	1403	1439	935	1457	1339	1209	700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.74				5:28AM 1.73				5:53PM 1.76				5:03AM 1.72				5:30PM 1.87	6:37PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				11:27PM 0.33				11:39AM 0.28					12:13AM 0.30			11:35AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	12	9	12	11	10	10	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	9	9	8	8	12	13	11	10	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.1 S	2.0 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.7 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	9	15	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	19	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 ENE	3.5 E	5.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 N	-	-	2.5 ENE	1.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	10	4	10	10	10	8