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 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	13	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	12	11
Energy(?)	171	204	86	96	119	152	252	131	78	343	488	401	339	297	250	234	119	123	163	108	318	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 1.59	3:06AM 1.76		2:25PM 1.62	2:52AM 1.75		3:23PM 1.63	3:33AM 1.79		3:47PM 1.68		5:15AM 1.86	5:31PM 1.71		5:57AM 1.87	6:12PM 1.72		6:25AM 2.23	6:53PM 1.73		6:31AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 0.42	8:29AM 0.48		8:23PM 0.41	9:15AM 0.46		9:06PM 0.38	9:39AM 0.43		10:53PM 0.36	11:28AM 0.40		11:37PM 0.32	12:12PM 0.37		12:21AM 0.30	12:44PM 0.59		12:15AM 0.26	12:49PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	6	8	5	1	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	15	14	11	14	13	13	14	14	12	16	16	12	16
Low °C	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	10	13	13	12	13	14	10	14	15	11	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	13	12	13	12	10	12	15	12	10	13	12	12	14	13	12	16	15	12	16
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	8	10	14	14	14	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	9	13	9	11	13	13	12	7	8	8	12	11	8	9	8	10	8	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	3	8	6	7	5	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.9 S	0.5 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	13	12	12	4	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	55	233	56	254	172	140	188	154	214	223	227	45	119	222	243	266	278	213	96	316	200	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)	2:21AM 1.73				1:40PM 1.60				2:09AM 1.70				3:23PM 1.66				3:50AM 1.79				3:23PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 0.49				7:56PM 0.42				8:10AM 0.49				9:25PM 0.41				9:51AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	-	2	1	4
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	16	16	15	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.4 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	8	9	11	11	-	-	14	14	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 S	1.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	2	3	3	-	7	4	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	14	5	7	-	-

	Wednesday 14
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	52	242	55	242	169	162	249	252	171	176	183	56	56	88	146	146	144	125	116	36	149	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)														2:37PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)							7:42AM 0.49													8:39PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	7	10	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	2	4	3	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	3	3