Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton 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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	9	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 NNE	0.3 ESE
Period(s)	16	16	21	15	21	15	13	12	10	12	12	11	10	15	18	17	15	11	11	11	5	13
Energy	914	208	2523	8580	4531	3114	2021	1031	722	1028	778	266	130	121	201	268	266	200	209	236	279	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:37AM 1.53		9:31PM 1.99	9:52AM 2.03		11:31PM 1.61	11:17AM 1.66		11:39PM 1.71		12:10PM 1.76	1:14AM 1.69		1:40PM 1.97	1:10AM 1.84		2:00PM 1.99	2:22AM 1.88		2:56PM 2.09		4:02AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		4:29PM 0.37		3:46AM 0.79	5:21PM 0.38		5:05AM 0.33	5:27PM 0.33		5:53AM 0.27		7:03PM 0.25	7:26AM 0.17		6:59PM 0.21	7:37AM 0.12		8:15PM 0.17	8:15AM 0.05		9:50PM 0.11	10:14AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	17	10	11	11	11	13	14	11	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	15	15	12	11
Low °C	13	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	11	14	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	6	11	9	10	13	14	11	10	10	8	7	10	9	9	8	8	15	15	11	9
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 NE	0.6 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	16	16	21	15	21	15	13	12	10	12	12	11	10	10	5	5	15	11	11	6	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SE	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 NE	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	7	-	21	21	-	-	10	10	10	16	4	5	15	18	17	11	8	6	11	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.8 WNW	2.5 S	4.0 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	-	0.5 NNW	1.6 NNE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	4	10	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	4	5	3

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	9	9	9	4	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.7 SE	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	16	18	16	15	16	17	21	21	16	16	15	15	21	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy	812	979	914	750	208	133	2273	2523	11184	10375	8580	1846	4531	6734	4209	3114	2313	1543	2021	1220	1031	802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:37AM 1.53				9:31PM 1.99				9:52AM 2.03				11:31PM 1.61				11:17AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35AM 0.42				4:33PM 0.41				3:46AM 0.79				5:17PM 0.34				5:47AM 0.29				5:27PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	16	17	9	10	9	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	14	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	15	16	6	6	5	6	7	9	11	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	16	18	16	15	16	17	21	21	17	16	15	15	21	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	14	8	7	9	13	-	22	22	21	20	21	20	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	4	4	4	8	10	16	16	15	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	9	9	9	4	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	21	21	21
Energy	769	813	812	873	925	979	946	965	914	873	807	750	769	836	208	108	131	133	285	3609	2273	2385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:37AM 1.53	10:15AM 1.61											9:31PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				3:35AM 0.42													4:33PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	16	17	15	17	13	10	9	9	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	13	13	15	17	14	16	11	7	6	6	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	21	21	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	14	14	14	8	8	8	4	7	8	8	9	9	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	4	4	4	-	4	3	4	4	4	17	8	9