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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	Fri	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.5 NE	1.9 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	2.4 S	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	14	9	9	9	8	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	460	350	310	261	123	413	573	66	334	324	459	75	175	45	95	55	41	32	1561	698	636	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		11:51PM 1.63	12:15PM 1.73		12:44AM 1.73		1:08PM 1.79	1:39AM 1.84		2:43PM 1.75	2:34AM 1.96		2:40PM 1.92	2:48AM 2.41		3:52PM 1.94		5:01AM 2.24	4:48PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 0.37	6:27PM 0.32		6:01AM 0.31	6:31PM 0.26		6:54AM 0.25		7:21PM 0.19	7:50AM 0.19		8:13PM 0.11	8:47AM 0.14		8:18PM 0.42	9:45AM 0.10		10:41PM -0.00	11:20AM 0.06		11:49PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	6	3	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	19	16	22	21	19	16	15	13	17	19	15	12	14	12	12	11	12	14	14	13
Low °C	12	16	17	14	19	18	13	16	14	12	15	14	11	12	13	10	11	11	10	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	18	19	16	22	21	19	16	14	12	17	19	13	11	14	8	8	7	9	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.9 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	14	9	9	8	10	11	4	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	5	16	14	-	14	8	8	7	6	11	11	12	9	5	9	-	9	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	0.8 N	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	0.5 NW	0.3 S	-	-	0.9 N	0.6 E	1.1 S	0.4 SE	1.2 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 S	2.4 S	-	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	6	9	4	3	-	-	4	4	5	5	7	4	4	9	9	-	-	4

	Fri	Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 01
	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	Amberley Beach 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	472	464	213	418	313	277	310	224	219	261	243	220	314	963	172	106	880	610	344	286	205	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on
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	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 1.56				11:24AM 1.69				11:51PM 1.63				12:15PM 1.73				12:44AM 1.73	1:19AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				5:10AM 0.37				5:43PM 0.34				6:41AM 0.28				5:48PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	10	13	15	18	19	17	16	15	14	15	17	19	21	21	19	17	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	10	8	12	15	18	19	16	16	14	13	15	16	19	21	21	18	16	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.9 NE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NE	1.2 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	14	9	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	6	6	5	12	5	5	5	12	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	9	14	10	13	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 W	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 N	0.8 N	1.0 NNE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	1.7 NE	0.9 N	0.6 N	2.3 NE	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	3	4	4	4	6	6	10	4	4	9	4	5	5	-	9

	Friday 28	Saturday 29
	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	Amberley Beach 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 E	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	464	468	116	483	463	460	445	431	419	411	418	174	411	393	138	28	303	277	279	276	267	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)				11:00PM 1.56												10:42AM 2.09	11:24AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)											5:10AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	16	20	17	18	20	20	19	21
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	15	15	20	17	18	20	20	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	12	6	11	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	-	-