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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 S	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	13	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	14	12	10
Energy(?)	171	204	154	98	171	504	122	307	74	274	90	254	473	400	315	215	242	154	181	352	570	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 1.59	2:09AM 1.70		2:40PM 1.60	3:08AM 1.74		3:23PM 1.63	3:49AM 1.78	4:33AM 1.83	4:49PM 1.70		5:15AM 1.86	5:31PM 1.71		5:57AM 1.87	6:02PM 1.75		6:37AM 1.89	6:43PM 1.75		7:09AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			7:38PM 0.43	8:10AM 0.49		8:41PM 0.40	8:56AM 0.46		9:24PM 0.37	10:44AM 0.44		10:53PM 0.36	11:28AM 0.40		11:37PM 0.32	12:12PM 0.37		12:17AM 0.25	12:55PM 0.34		12:54AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	6	6	5	9	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	12	15	14	13	14	14	11	17	15	11	17
Low °C	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	14	15	11	13	13	12	12	14	10	14	14	10	15
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	11	15	13	12	13	13	10	17	14	10	17
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	14	14	13	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	9	10	14	12	11	7	12	9	12	9	8	10	9	8	10	14	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	1.5 SE	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 S	0.9 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	7	5	5	-	7	7	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	7	7	-	-

	Wednesday 14					Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	9	8	8	13	13	12	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	242	254	170	140	186	154	275	234	256	53	171	219	228	239	231	192	373	217	84	291	289	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 1.60				2:09AM 1.70				3:23PM 1.66				3:50AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	7:42AM 0.49				7:56PM 0.42				8:29AM 0.48				9:25PM 0.41				9:51AM 0.48					10:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	1	1	6	4	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	8	8	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	7	9	8	9	10	8	11	11	-	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	8	-	7	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NE	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	13	13	13
Energy(?)	110	237	171	176	282	254	190	204	204	146	43	43	43	40	37	36	151	71	25	211	211	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							1:40PM 1.60													2:58AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	7:42AM 0.49													8:40PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-