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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SE	0.3 ENE	1.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	11	14	6	6	13	13	6	12	5	15	13	12
Energy(?)	58	40	43	56	18	500	61	310	346	291	256	283	57	85	80	70	79	115	37	45	209	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.95		5:39AM 2.08	6:44PM 1.69		7:15AM 2.09		7:38PM 1.94	8:05AM 2.02		7:12PM 2.12	8:55AM 1.94		9:13PM 1.86	9:37AM 1.85		9:04PM 1.69	10:39AM 1.75		10:22PM 1.64	10:44AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	11:06AM 0.10		12:10AM 0.01	11:57AM 0.10		1:04AM 0.04		1:38PM 0.10	1:56AM 0.10		2:28PM 0.14	1:17AM 0.68		3:16PM 0.16	3:27AM 0.27		4:04PM 0.24	3:20AM 0.39	4:29AM 0.34	3:45PM 0.39		4:33AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	12	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	25	26	17	12	13	11	14	14	12	17	17	16	23	24	14	16	18	18	24	26	16	16
Low °C	21	23	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	14	16	14	18	22	13	15	17	15	21	25	14	16
Chill °C (?)	25	26	16	12	11	8	13	14	11	17	16	16	23	24	12	16	18	18	24	26	15	16
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 NE	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	8	10	6	6	6	5	5	10	5	5	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	11	8	8	8	7	13	9	12	9	9	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SE	1.4 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	5	6	6	3	-	-	3	5	6	2	6	4	5	6	4	-	3	4	-

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	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	10	9	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	10	12	6	9	12	9	9	10
Energy(?)	343	289	40	220	157	43	49	53	56	47	41	52	40	500	335	758	231	250	243	296	309	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:09PM 1.95				6:24AM 2.14				5:03PM 2.32					7:13AM 1.92			6:30PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		11:06AM 0.10				12:10AM 0.01				12:46PM 0.09				12:59AM 0.03				12:28PM 0.12	1:38PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	7	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	26	21	18	15	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	12	14	15	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	21	26	21	18	15	11	12	12	11	10	8	10	8	10	9	11	14	14	14	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.7 SE	1.1 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	12	6	9	12	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	8	7	7	6	7	12	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	10	4	5	5	5	5	3	5	3	6	10	10	6	-	8	-	-	-

	Monday 02																Tuesday 03
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.6 SSE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 S	1.6 S	0.4 NE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	4	6	9	6	6	6
Energy(?)	403	369	58	253	86	48	47	44	40	40	41	35	36	157	305	300	41	224	45	226	231	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:54PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)					11:50AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	18	21	21	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	14	20	19	16	15	16	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	21	21	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	12	20	19	15	14	15	11	12	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	12	12	6	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.6 S	0.7 SSE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	-	10	10	10	4	6	4	6	6	6