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 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.8 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	10	6	9	9	8	12	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	70	56	259	227	180	229	191	323	170	348	233	245	283	305	165	610	706	975	732	606	657	566
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 1.75		2:37PM 1.65	2:59AM 1.53		2:40PM 1.60	2:52AM 1.75		3:23PM 1.63	3:49AM 1.78		4:04PM 1.65		4:13AM 1.83	4:27PM 1.70		5:57AM 1.87	6:12PM 1.72		6:38AM 1.88	6:46PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 0.43	8:25AM 0.49		8:36PM 0.35	9:05AM 0.50		8:23PM 0.41	9:15AM 0.46		9:24PM 0.37	9:59AM 0.43		10:07PM 0.34	10:22AM 0.39		10:31PM 0.30	12:12PM 0.37		12:21AM 0.30	12:56PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	5	8	6	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	15	16	13	15	13	12	15	15	13	16	15
Low °C	17	14	15	16	14	14	13	12	12	14	11	14	15	12	13	13	9	13	14	11	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	15	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	14	10	14	15	12	14	11	10	14	14	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	7	8	10	12	14	13	13	7	12	7	7	7	8	12	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	6	9	9	9	8	7	10	-	13	11	8	7	12	14	9	11	10	9	10	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 SW	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	0.3 SW	2.0 SE	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	6	2	-	-	8	4	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	3	9	-	10	-	6	7	8

	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury
Rating	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	13	12	12	13	6	6	7	7	8
Energy(?)	70	287	55	49	143	286	236	169	227	204	196	189	220	268	229	233	268	216	173	238	290	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:13AM 1.51				1:55PM 1.59				2:24AM 1.70				2:25PM 1.62				3:50AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 0.41				7:42AM 0.49				7:56PM 0.42				8:10AM 0.49				9:25PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	4	2	2	2	1
Temp. °C	19	17	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	17	16	14	14	13	16	16	16	16	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 NE	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	9	6	6	9	9	7	9	8	8	9	9	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	13	6	10	10	7	7	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	3	8	8	7	7	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury
Rating	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	1.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.8 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	62	395	70	70	188	287	48	209	249	251	253	221	220	256	180	180	172	54	55	55	56	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													1:38AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)							7:11PM 0.42													8:25AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	18	17	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	5	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-