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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	Tue	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	4	2	0	3	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.9 NE	2.1 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	8	4	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	56	280	1444	90	27	615	678	96	503	515	93	322	140	80	179	1301	108	516	357	464	182	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:50AM 1.75		9:00PM 1.52	9:03AM 2.09		10:57PM 1.58	11:19AM 1.62		11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		12:35AM 1.69	12:15PM 1.73		1:15AM 2.19	12:51PM 1.80	1:08PM 1.79	2:09AM 2.30		2:02PM 1.84	3:18AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 0.38		4:13PM 0.43	3:17AM 0.44		4:57PM 0.41		5:03AM 0.36	4:57PM 0.40		5:10AM 0.37	6:25PM 0.29		6:01AM 0.31		7:07PM 0.49	6:37AM 0.24		7:57PM 0.44	7:50AM 0.19		8:59PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	15	23	22	20	23	24	18	25	15	12	19	17	14	20	17	18	18	13	13	15	22	21
Low °C	13	22	21	17	23	21	18	23	14	11	18	16	14	18	17	14	15	12	11	14	22	15
Chill °C (?)	14	23	22	20	23	24	18	25	13	12	19	17	13	20	16	17	18	11	11	14	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.1 SE	2.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	1.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	13	8	8	12	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	12	7	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.6 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	-	10	10	9	9	5	5	10	5	16	14	-	14	8	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	2.1 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.9 NE	1.0 NNW	2.1 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 W	-	0.8 NE	2.5 NE	0.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	3	4	5	9	3	4	-	-	5	3	-	4	9	3	7	-	5	4	-

	Tue	Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	2	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 NNE	1.2 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	6	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	546	292	253	587	587	214	204	218	503	465	414	81	27	175	153	203	200	678	351	741	587	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:26PM 1.47				8:06AM 2.10				9:23PM 1.51								9:48PM 1.52	10:10PM 1.52				11:20AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 0.43					4:11PM 0.39			3:34AM 0.43	4:18AM 0.38				4:38PM 0.63				4:21AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	17	18	23	23	24	18	18	17	18	23	21	25	24	18	18	17	18	19	25
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	16	18	23	23	24	18	18	17	18	23	21	25	24	18	17	16	18	19	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	6	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	-	11	11	10	10	10	-	10	9	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	-	0.9 NE	1.2 N	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	2.1 NNE	1.2 NE	1.7 NE	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	9	8	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	5	4	4	4	9	11	11	4	-

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	2	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	1.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	417	513	328	374	66	292	253	369	843	830	831	764	226	867	280	258	431	938	196	924	1444	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:26PM 1.59												9:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:27PM 0.46	4:13PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	18	14	14	18	18	18	16	16	16	18	19	18	22	20	22	19	24	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	13	13	18	18	18	15	15	15	17	19	17	22	20	22	18	24	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	6	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	13	12	13	14	9	12	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	10	13	13	13	9	-	13	13	13	12	11	14	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 N	2.5 NE	0.6 N	-	2.1 NNE	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	-	8	-	2	2	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	3	-	8	3