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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Canterbury Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Mon
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	16	14	13	13	5	7	7	8	13	12	11	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	33	253	471	312	235	66	392	542	670	556	1272	1092	621	1187	1000	1371	1037	1226	533	725	455	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:36PM	1:52AM		2:03PM	2:35AM		3:02PM 1:36PM		3:17AM	3:44PM		3:40AM	5:12PM		3:36AM	5:53PM			3:24PM		3:49AM
Low Tide / height (m)		7:08AM	7:41PM	7:53AM		8:27PM	8:37AM		9:12PM	9:21AM		9:57PM	9:47AM		10:21PM	10:11AM		10:49PM	8:06AM		10:40PM	8:46AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5
High °C	7	7	8	10	10	8	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	11	11	11	9	9
Low °C	6	7	7	9	9	6	7	10	11	10	12	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	9	9	6	7	7	9	11	12	11	10	9	8	13	12	11	11	9	7	6
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	1.6 ENE	0.4 S	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	16	14	13	13	12	7	9	8	8	12	11	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	1.3 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	16	14	14	13	13	9	18	12	15	-	18	16	15	15	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	1.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.6 NE	1.2 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	-	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	5	7	7	8	7	7	6	8	9	10	-	4	5	4	-	-	-

	Monday 07					Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09

Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	5	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	33	74	253	284	453	471	485	395	312	298	235	181	140	66	255	255	392	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:36PM 1.69				1:52AM 1.60				2:20PM 1.74				2:18AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	7:53AM 0.42				7:21PM 0.48				7:53AM 0.40				8:07PM 0.45	9:12PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	9	10	7	10	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	7	9	9	6	8	5	7	4	4	4
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 S	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	18	17	16	16	10	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	5	5	6	7	7	7