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 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	1.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	6	7	14	14	13	14	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	6	14	9	8	7	5
Energy(?)	216	238	187	211	110	75	185	607	55	329	347	339	134	154	112	111	215	228	55	28	12	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:04AM 1.80		2:28PM 1.87	2:54AM 1.92		3:18PM 1.92	3:28AM 2.05		4:57PM 2.02		5:26AM 1.97	5:51PM 1.87		5:37AM 2.14	6:01PM 1.96		6:14AM 2.15	6:59PM 1.93		7:34AM 2.11		8:46PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 0.17		8:39PM 0.13	9:06AM 0.11		9:11PM 0.05	10:01AM 0.06		10:23PM 0.01	11:45AM 0.04		11:19PM -0.01	11:58AM 0.05		12:17AM -0.01	12:38PM 0.09		1:17AM 0.02		1:59PM 0.11	3:02AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	12	17	14	15	17	18	12	13	15	13	17	20	20	13	14	12	16	17	16	18	14	11
Low °C	10	15	13	13	16	15	9	11	14	11	17	19	12	12	12	11	14	16	11	15	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	17	13	14	17	18	11	12	14	13	17	20	20	13	13	10	16	17	15	18	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	12	12	6	7	6	14	13	14	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	6	14	9	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.3 S	1.0 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	17	9	11	10	9	8	6	8	14	6	10	8	6	10	8	15	9	8	10	3	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.0 NE	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	5	9	4	2	3	-	-	-	3	6	-	6	3	-	6	5	-	6	-	3	2	5

	Sun	Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	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 - 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	6	6	7	8	7	7	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	218	216	247	311	254	246	174	142	41	211	54	44	110	58	75	58	102	185	323	552	607	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:04AM 1.80				2:11PM 1.90				3:37AM 1.79				3:18PM 1.92				3:47AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	7:50PM 0.21				8:12AM 0.17				9:25PM 0.14				9:06AM 0.11				9:11PM 0.05					10:46AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	12	14	15	18	13	13	14	9	9	16	17	18	15	12	11	9	9	11	14
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	11	13	14	18	12	12	13	6	7	16	17	18	15	11	11	9	8	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	6	6	7	8	7	7	6	6	8	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	14	8	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	-	7	6	3	4	4	-	2	2	2	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 02	Monday 03
	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 - 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	182	181	218	215	216	216	218	239	32	248	92	90	316	251	254	250	234	246	200	197	187	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:46AM 1.83	2:04AM 1.80												2:28PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	7:50PM 0.21													8:12AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	14	14	17	15	15	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	13	17	14	14	13	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	11	8	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	14	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	4