Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons 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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 NE	0.5 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	0.9 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	0.6 S
Period(s)	12	12	10	7	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	11
Energy	1047	863	242	465	55	181	479	1037	147	1996	1279	1255	890	1008	563	386	248	187	111	96	278	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:59AM 1.68		4:08PM 1.69		4:25AM 1.58	3:16PM 2.10		4:24AM 1.65	4:31PM 1.81		5:08AM 1.64	5:34PM 1.78		5:52AM 1.61		6:18PM 1.75	6:37AM 1.58		7:51PM 1.79	8:09AM 1.49		7:25PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.40	10:35AM 0.32		11:12PM 0.40	10:32AM 0.36		11:47PM 0.42	11:17AM 0.37		11:53PM 0.43		12:02PM 0.39	12:39AM 0.44		12:47PM 0.41	2:13AM 0.42		1:32PM 0.42	1:49AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	10	12	18	15	19	17	18	16	17	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	18	16	13
Low °C	9	11	15	13	14	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	13	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	8	11	18	13	19	16	18	16	17	14	15	14	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	17	15	11
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 NE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	2.3 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	10	7	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	6	11	7	9	9	13	12	13	12	12	10	12	12	10	9	9	9	12	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NW	-	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	-	3.0 NE	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	3	4	6	4	-	6	8	8	-	9	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	3	-	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	7	7	11	10	9	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1214	1047	935	819	863	695	242	301	634	465	737	288	55	322	181	367	589	479	162	446	1037	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)			2:41AM 1.70					4:08PM 1.69				3:23AM 1.69				4:54PM 1.85				4:24AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:53PM 0.39				8:45AM 0.34					9:38PM 0.40				9:48AM 0.35				11:12PM 0.40				10:11AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	10	11	12	18	15	13	13	13	14	14	16	17	16	16	18	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	8	9	11	18	14	12	12	11	13	13	15	16	15	15	18	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	7	7	10	10	9	9	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	11	10	6	6	10	11	11	9	7	12	9	10	12	9	9	14	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	-	1.6 NE	0.5 NW	1.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	2.1 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	4	5	6	-	7	4	7	6	-	8	6	8	8	8	-	-	8	8

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11
Energy	1302	1265	1214	1079	1064	1047	1041	1041	935	920	920	819	805	953	863	842	705	695	610	502	242	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:41AM 1.70													3:25PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 0.39												8:45AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	18	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	12	14	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	6	6