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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	Sun	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 NE
Period(s)	15	14	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	16	17	18	17	15	13	12	12	11	10	9	7
Energy	1595	1274	1036	720	305	529	2860	4173	3084	1761	1024	847	1161	1800	1059	1814	1204	939	552	375	262	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 1.86	11:32AM 1.78		11:55PM 1.81		1:00PM 1.86	12:30AM 1.77		1:14PM 1.76	1:32AM 1.72		1:32PM 2.11			3:24PM 1.68	2:59AM 1.68		3:25PM 1.79		3:41AM 1.67	4:07PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 0.19	5:38PM 0.25		6:49AM 0.19		6:12PM 0.29	6:37AM 0.27		7:20PM 0.33	8:23AM 0.26		8:55PM 0.37	9:08AM 0.29		8:53PM 0.39	9:05AM 0.33		9:38PM 0.40	9:48AM 0.35		10:22PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	11	13	10	9	11	12	11	12	11	9	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	13
Low °C	9	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	10	10	9	10	7	8	11	10	11	10	11	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	11	10	11	12	8	9	11	12	10	12	11	8	10	12	10	12	10	9	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	15	14	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	16	17	18	17	15	13	12	12	11	10	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	5	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	15	15	15
Energy	1526	1595	1450	1370	1274	1081	1036	899	753	720	631	616	305	244	529	681	966	2860	4369	4502	4173	3607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 1.86				11:32AM 1.78				11:55PM 1.81					1:00PM 1.86				12:30AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)				5:16AM 0.19				5:38PM 0.25					6:49AM 0.19				6:12PM 0.29				6:37AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	13	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	12	8	7	9	9	9	7	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	11	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 S	0.3 ENE	1.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	11	18	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	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	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 - 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 - 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1494	1493	1526	1498	1630	1595	1555	1530	1450	1430	1390	1370	1333	1310	1274	1252	1096	1081	1066	1061	1036	927
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:02PM 1.86												11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)												5:16AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-