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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Canterbury Wavefinder

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	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SE	1.2 NE	2.0 NNE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	10	8	9	11	14	9	5	8	8	9	10	10	9	7	8	7	10	11	11
Energy(?)	147	143	105	281	389	650	1132	174	78	112	638	303	138	50	487	379	867	1344	271	689	2713	3254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:38AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)											10:53AM 0.38					11:13PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	14	17	14	15	15	11	17	18	17	17	17	16	12	13	11	9	9	9	9	9	9
Low °C	9	12	14	10	11	12	11	12	15	17	16	15	12	10	12	9	9	8	6	6	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	14	17	12	14	14	10	16	18	16	17	17	16	10	11	9	7	7	7	7	6	8
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.9 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	2.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.2 E	0.4 S	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.7 E	-	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	4	12	10	8	10	11	9	9	13	9	8	9	10	10	9	11	8	9	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.8 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	12	5	11	11	10	14	14	9	12	9	9	7	8	12	8	-	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.5 NNW	1.6 SSW	-	0.3 N	0.3 NE	1.2 NE	2.0 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 S	-	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 S	3.5 ESE
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	3	9	-	2	4	5	8	-	3	4	-	5	7	8	7	10	9	11

	Tue	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	10	12	11	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	278	298	282	279	104	238	201	242	276	85	42	840	383	410	650	775	4539	1132	755	542	444	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)											2:57AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	11	12	14	14	13	14	13	10	10	12	15	16	13	10	11	11	10	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	9	10	14	14	11	12	11	9	9	10	14	15	12	9	11	10	8	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.5 N	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	10	10	12	4	9	8	9	10	12	12	11	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	8	4	11	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	4	10	10	14	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 NE	1.1 N	0.6 NNW	0.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 NNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	3	4	3	3	3	4	-	3	4	4	10	8	3	3	9	10	12	-	-	2	3	4

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	273	347	361	361	148	298	205	207	282	126	154	190	277	199	184	82	183	238	235	204	198	198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	12	13	11	11	12	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	10	12	10	9	10	7	6	9	9	9	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	8	8	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	8	8	13	4	4	4	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-