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.

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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

	Thu		Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Scarborough Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields 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
Rating	1	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	12	11	10	10	15	14	14	12	11	11	10	15	9	18	16	16	15	16	15
Energy(?)	450	1559	3888	2212	1605	612	209	2937	1097	1078	635	210	319	277	314	47	104	132	81	76	129	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:46PM	7:06AM		7:47PM	8:16AM		9:46PM 7:44PM	10:14AM		10:48PM	11:16AM		11:42PM		12:10PM	12:40AM		1:21PM	11:46PM		12:59PM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 1:25PM		1:16PM	1:34AM		3:32PM		4:04AM	4:33PM		5:07AM	5:24PM		6:00AM 2:16AM		6:20PM	6:09AM	6:24PM		6:21AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	11	10	13	14	12	12	12	10	13	13	11	14	17	12	13	14	12	14	16
Low °C	9	9	9	11	8	10	14	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	13	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	5	8	6	8	8	13	14	11	11	12	10	13	12	9	14	17	12	13	14	11	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	16	14	14	12	11	11	10	15	5	6	6	7	4	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	14	12	11	11	8	15	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	18	16	16	15	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SSE	2.4 SSW	0.5 W	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	-	1.1 NE	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	10	9	11	8	3	-	-	15	-	-	-	3	3	-	5	-	2	3	-	4	4	5

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	450	437	1437	1559	530	551	3888	2343	2212	1141	2169	1605	1256	903	612	500	209	690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:44PM 2.49				8:19AM 1.80				8:51PM 1.96					9:19AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	1:25PM 0.35				12:40AM 0.54				2:26PM 0.08					3:14AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	10	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	5	6	5	6	6	8	5	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	9	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	13	11	14	14	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	7	8	7	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.6 SSW	0.5 S	4.0 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	3	9	9	7	13	11	8	8	4	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	9