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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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	Mon		Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	0.8 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	10	6	9	9	4	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1156	465	442	79	29	260	221	37	116	269	352	391	496	159	187	417	312	77	324	343	151	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:33AM 1.64		1:07PM 1.59	1:38AM 1.66		2:31PM 1.52	2:24AM 1.70		2:40PM 1.60	3:08AM 1.74		4:06PM 1.68			3:47PM 1.68		4:30AM 1.81	4:44PM 1.67		5:11AM 1.83	5:24PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	6:59PM 0.40		6:52AM 0.48		7:11PM 0.42	7:23AM 0.50		7:56PM 0.42	8:29AM 0.48		8:41PM 0.40	9:59AM 0.46		10:09PM 0.39	9:59AM 0.43		10:07PM 0.34	10:42AM 0.39		10:50PM 0.30	11:24AM 0.36
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	16	8	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	12	16	18	15	17	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	15	14	13	15	15
Low °C	14	10	15	18	14	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	13	12	13	14	11	13	14	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	10	16	18	15	17	16	15	15	15	13	14	13	12	13	14	12	15	12	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	0.5 SE	1.0 S	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	9	7	8	9	9	13	14	14	12	12	7	7	7	7	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.8 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	10	5	5	6	9	9	5	14	9	8	13	12	-	-	7	15	7	9	11	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 S	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	0.1 S	1.6 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	13	8	-	-	-

	Monday 12			Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	13
Energy(?)	1160	888	1129	953	736	574	222	392	339	279	226	53	53	54	221	181	221	202	207	247	136	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:49AM 1.64					1:07PM 1.59				2:21AM 1.73				1:55PM 1.59				2:24AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.42				6:34AM 0.49	7:34AM 0.42				7:11PM 0.42				7:42AM 0.49				7:56PM 0.42
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	14	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	16	15	16	15	14	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	10	11	12	14	14	16	17	16	15	16	14	13	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	7	9	8	8	9	9	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	13	10	10	13	13	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8	4	5

	Monday 12										Tuesday 13
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 NNE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1444	2852	1156	943	918	888	310	1129	1129	1073	1018	119	119	101	41	667	614	525	515	502	442	434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													1:32AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)						6:05PM 0.42	7:05PM 0.33											6:52AM 0.48
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	11	12	12	4	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	14	13	9	10	10	10	10	5	5	11	13	13	9	9	9	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	4	3	4	5	5	-	-	5

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