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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	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	0	2	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	2.5 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	6	7	9
Energy(?)	40	86	793	96	167	598	477	357	348	311	141	1080	359	320	478	280	85	111	135	215	532	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:57PM 1.58	11:19AM 1.75		10:39PM 1.57	12:06PM 1.64		12:34AM 1.56	12:50PM 2.18		1:28AM 1.78			1:39AM 1.84		2:02PM 1.84	3:18AM 2.02		2:56PM 1.89	3:29AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		4:55PM 0.37		5:07AM 0.41	5:41PM 0.38		5:50AM 0.33	6:27PM 0.32		6:30AM 0.57	6:31PM 0.26	7:15PM 0.26	7:38AM 0.26		7:21PM 0.19	7:32AM 0.18		8:59PM 0.11	8:47AM 0.14		9:07PM 0.05	9:45AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	18	23	15	12	16	17	14	18	20	18	20	19	12	16	15	14	20	20	16	18
Low °C	23	23	17	21	13	11	15	16	14	17	19	14	17	19	12	15	14	13	18	20	15	17
Chill °C (?)	24	25	17	23	14	11	16	17	13	18	20	17	20	19	10	16	14	13	20	19	14	18
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.1 S	2.5 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	15	9	11	12	11	10	6	10	10	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	11	-	9	10	7	5	12	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	8	7	7	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 NW	2.2 NNE	0.6 N	1.1 SSE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.3 NW	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	9	3	4	-	10	-	3	-	10	9	4	3	-	4	11	4	-	6	7	9

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	339	81	40	55	86	158	212	205	137	260	698	92	335	233	717	205	504	205	393	318	357	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:34AM 1.74				10:57PM 1.58				11:20AM 1.74				10:39PM 1.57				11:24AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 0.43	4:18AM 0.38								4:49AM 0.63				4:39PM 0.41				5:54AM 0.36				5:43PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	23	24	25	23	20	18	19	18	19	23	14	13	11	11	11	11	15	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	23	24	25	23	20	17	19	18	19	23	12	12	10	9	9	10	15	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	1.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	9	-	9	3	-	13	7	11	6	6	5	5	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 NE	0.3 WSW	-	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	-	0.7 E	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	2	4	4	4	4	-	3	3	11	4	-	4	6	-	5	-	-	10	3	-	-

	Thursday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	2.0 NE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	8	8	12	11	8	11	8	4	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	382	183	103	102	88	151	97	82	87	36	213	61	62	99	424	115	668	162	823	963	942	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										10:17AM 2.09												10:10PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	15	15	16	18	21	23	22	21	24	24	24	23	24	22	23	20	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	14	14	16	18	21	23	22	21	24	24	24	23	24	22	23	20	19	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	2.0 NE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 N	1.0 NE	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	4	-	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9