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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 S	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	6	7	16	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	862	612	351	378	259	264	189	140	96	116	184	115	315	436	159	167	369	653	518	1324	865	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:31PM 1.71	7:05AM 1.86		7:34PM 1.93	8:00AM 1.82		8:33PM 1.92	9:48AM 1.88		9:35PM 1.91	10:03AM 1.76		10:40PM 1.90	11:49AM 1.71		11:45PM 1.91	12:12PM 1.77		12:31AM 1.92	12:56PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		1:20PM 0.12	1:50AM 0.11		1:23PM 0.14	1:58AM 0.18		2:19PM 0.16	2:57AM 0.22		4:04PM 0.13	3:59AM 0.25		4:20PM 0.20		5:42AM 0.18	6:01PM 0.14		6:01AM 0.25	6:21PM 0.18		6:43AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	16	16	13	16	16	14	18	17	17	18	16	15	15	15	16	22	21	20	24
Low °C	12	12	11	14	15	12	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	15	14	14	15	15	19	20	19	21
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	16	16	13	16	15	14	18	17	17	18	16	14	14	13	15	22	21	20	24
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	1.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	11	11	10	9	16	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	12	13	10	10	9	14	9	9	9	9	14	13	16	12	12	11	-	17	10	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	2.3 NE	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	9	-	9	9	4

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22								Monday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	689	583	552	741	612	555	472	450	508	241	328	345	310	254	259	230	221	293	233	197	182	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	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 Tide / height (m)			7:05AM 1.68			6:40PM 1.92					7:55AM 1.78				7:34PM 1.93				8:00AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				12:31PM 0.14					1:01AM 0.15				1:23PM 0.14				2:46AM 0.13				2:00PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	16	17	14	13	13	12	12	14	15	17	15
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	13	13	10	10	11	10	12	14	16	17	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	9	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4

	Saturday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	644	667	689	959	943	941	921	881	862	302	472	741	726	713	612	425	414	555	539	472	330	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						6:14AM 1.88												6:40PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)												12:31PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	7	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	3