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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	4	3	2	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	8	8	9	8	12	11	12	11	11	13	9	9	8	9	9	11	9	9	6	7
Energy(?)	1155	872	1262	414	114	67	76	108	1252	790	242	2589	1184	433	266	117	110	410	442	170	390	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 2.02		4:34AM 2.24	4:48PM 2.03		5:58AM 1.87	6:16PM 1.78		6:42AM 1.85		7:03PM 1.79	7:28AM 1.82		8:43PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.87		9:37PM 1.88	10:02AM 1.84		9:48PM 1.81	10:14AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:17AM 0.58		10:10PM 0.57	10:58AM 0.51		11:45PM 0.19	12:14PM 0.23		12:31AM 0.18	1:00PM 0.22		1:20AM 0.20		2:40PM 0.20	3:05AM 0.21		3:31PM 0.20	4:00AM 0.23		3:15PM 0.26		4:09AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	15	18	15	21	20	17	18	17	12	14	14	15	17	17	14	17	17	16	23
Low °C	13	14	14	15	17	13	17	19	15	15	15	11	12	14	14	15	16	13	15	16	14	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	15	18	15	21	20	17	18	17	10	13	12	14	17	17	14	17	16	16	23
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	11	10	9	9	5	5	9	11	9	9	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 N	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	10	9	9	10	10	12	11	6	6	5	10	10	9	8	9	5	12	8	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.1 N	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	-	9	3	-	-	-	5	6	13	-	-	5	-	3	-	8	5	6	-

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	14	12
Energy(?)	1155	1228	1096	1120	1006	1262	1051	552	414	378	312	285	243	67	82	73	76	81	245	201	645	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:02PM 2.02				5:17AM 1.86				5:33PM 1.76				6:46AM 1.91				5:55PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		10:17AM 0.58				11:00PM 0.21				11:31AM 0.26				12:34AM 0.21					1:05PM 0.24			12:31AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	17	20	21	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	12	17	20	21	19	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	7	11	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	13	7	8	8	9	9	11	9	9	9	8	8	10	13	9	12	8	16	8	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.8 E	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	7	12	6	-	-

	Tuesday 17																Wednesday 18
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.0 SSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1277	1155	1155	1155	1239	1838	1731	1566	872	786	1237	1188	1039	253	253	232	244	203	196	1137	340	315
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- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										4:52PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				10:17AM 0.58													11:48PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	-	-	-	8	8	8