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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	0.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	9	8	6	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	43	261	122	76	238	1217	397	380	95	238	185	37	233	154	772	510	1289	917	222	573	339	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 1.42	1:39AM 1.59		2:05PM 1.62	1:38AM 1.68		2:09PM 1.58	2:22AM 1.73		2:37PM 1.64	3:02AM 1.79		3:16PM 1.69	3:41AM 1.83		4:12PM 1.70		4:37AM 1.84	4:02PM 2.02		5:17AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			7:15PM 0.40	7:50AM 0.51		7:06PM 0.47	7:57AM 0.50		7:52PM 0.43	8:24AM 0.46		8:35PM 0.36	9:07AM 0.40		9:17PM 0.30	10:07AM 0.35		10:17PM 0.25	10:49AM 0.30		11:00PM 0.21	11:31AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	15	18	18	19	20	23	15	16	17	14	15	17	11	14	14	13	13	14	13	14
Low °C	17	16	14	17	18	17	20	19	13	14	15	12	14	16	11	13	13	12	12	13	10	13
Chill °C (?)	19	17	14	18	17	19	20	23	13	16	16	13	14	16	9	13	13	11	12	13	12	14
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	2.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	10	9	8	10	8	9	9	7	7	7	6	7	9	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	11	5	11	9	12	14	13	12	12	7	8	12	7	7	12	12	12	13	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	1.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.6 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	6	8	8	8	4	6	6	2	7	7	5	8	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11							Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	10	10	12	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	88	97	103	57	111	188	195	170	106	94	76	127	98	71	71	1217	1088	386	397	91	380	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:16PM 1.62								1:10PM 1.56				1:52AM 1.68				2:09PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		7:00AM 0.40				6:18PM 0.49				6:51AM 0.54					7:06PM 0.47				7:57AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	19	18	17	13	14	14	15	17	18	20	19	17	18	18	19	20	23	21	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	19	18	17	12	13	13	14	16	18	20	19	16	18	18	19	20	23	21	19
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	1.6 NE
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	7	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	5	11	11	12	12	9	9	9	12	9	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	-	1.8 NE	-	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	4	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	8	8	-	8	-	8	-

	Wednesday 11
	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	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	6	6	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	86	88	88	33	33	162	199	180	182	183	108	109	109	135	134	229	216	205	202	14	195	166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:19PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:35PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	18	18	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	18	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	10	10	6	6	10	10	7	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	7	7	11	11	6	7	11	5	5	9	9	9	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	3	7	7