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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	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	2.5 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	10	6	9	5	10	8	5	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	511	435	347	86	175	152	124	58	97	1273	80	103	70	155	64	54	114	83	209	106	204	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:18PM 1.62	11:40AM 1.55		12:13AM 1.62	12:34PM 1.54		1:05AM 1.64		1:23PM 1.56	1:52AM 1.68		2:44PM 1.51	3:11AM 1.64		2:37PM 1.64	3:02AM 1.79		3:32PM 1.66	3:41AM 1.83		3:55PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 0.50	5:46PM 0.46		6:19AM 0.52	6:35PM 0.47		7:09AM 0.52		7:23PM 0.46	8:35AM 0.44		8:46PM 0.38	9:24AM 0.46		8:35PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.41		9:17PM 0.30	9:48AM 0.34		9:59PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	20	19	17	16	14	20	19	17	22	25	17	15	16	14	15	15	11	15	14	13
Low °C	14	16	19	16	15	15	13	16	18	17	20	22	12	15	15	11	14	14	11	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	18	20	19	17	16	13	20	18	16	22	25	16	15	15	14	15	14	9	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.2 E	0.5 S	2.2 NE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	6	6	6	9	11	10	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	4	10	11	10	7	11	8	11	9	9	14	6	7	16	6	8	6	9	12	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.0 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	3	4	5	-	-	-	3	5	6	8	5	3	3	-	6	-	6	4	-	-	6	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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 - Hickory 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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay 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
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	11
Energy(?)	501	508	492	412	442	410	331	339	246	244	71	87	96	44	193	157	174	156	106	97	91	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 1.62				11:40AM 1.55				12:13AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				5:26AM 0.50				5:46PM 0.46				6:59AM 0.44				6:18PM 0.49				6:51AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	15	16	18	20	19	20	21	18	16	16	19	17	16	13	13	14	14	16	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	14	16	18	20	19	20	21	18	16	15	19	17	15	12	12	13	13	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	4	5	10	10	5	6	7	10	10	10	9	9	7	11	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	7	-	7	4	4	4	5

	Monday 09	Tuesday 10
	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 - Hickory 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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay 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
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	432	432	501	504	504	511	500	503	495	495	179	170	170	62	496	481	415	410	381	384	378	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:18PM 1.62												11:40AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)												6:09AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	14	14	16	17	17	18	20	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	14	16	17	17	18	20	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	5