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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	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.8 NNE	1.1 N	1.0 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	9	8	10	10	16	9	5	6	7	6	8	5	3	9	6	10	10	9
Energy(?)	317	612	375	29	130	194	200	106	93	161	102	110	8	31	19	6	11	17	22	102	191	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 1.52	7:45AM 1.75		8:02PM 1.58	9:15AM 1.66		8:46PM 1.57	9:12AM 1.71		10:24PM 1.52	9:39AM 1.70		11:15PM 1.56	10:52AM 1.70		12:09AM 1.75	11:48AM 1.72		12:03AM 1.78	12:28PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12PM 0.32	2:17AM 0.32		2:56PM 0.32	2:15AM 0.36		3:38PM 0.33	3:01AM 0.36		4:09PM 0.55			5:08PM 0.28		4:42AM 0.34	5:13PM 0.30		5:37AM 0.31	6:04PM 0.25		6:17AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	6	-	-
High °C	23	17	14	22	22	15	19	21	17	18	19	14	19	16	16	16	16	14	12	13	12	13
Low °C	22	16	13	19	18	13	18	19	14	16	19	11	17	15	11	15	16	13	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	23	16	14	22	22	13	19	21	16	17	18	13	18	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	10	12
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	8	10	10	8	9	8	6	7	6	8	5	-	6	6	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	6	4	12	11	8	9	9	8	8	14	5	10	4	7	7	9	9	6	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 N	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 N	0.4 NW	-	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	3	4	-	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	-	4	3	-	3	4	3	4	6	5

	Tuesday 23					Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Fri
	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	15
Energy(?)	652	331	444	574	407	381	248	242	204	200	193	126	207	164	145	151	200	57	157	120	101	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:03AM 1.78				8:09PM 1.43				7:45AM 1.75				7:39PM 1.60				8:27AM 1.73				8:23PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			2:11PM 0.35				2:17AM 0.32				2:40PM 0.60				3:01AM 0.32				2:51PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	19	17	14	14	13	14	17	20	22	18	12	14	13	15	18	21	20	19	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	23	19	17	14	14	12	13	16	20	22	18	10	13	12	14	17	21	20	19	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 NE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	4	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 N	-	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	-	7	9	6	9	9	7	4	-	8	20	11	11	10	8	10	16	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	1.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	0.4 SW	1.0 SSE	0.5 W	0.7 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 N	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NW	1.0 N	1.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	4	3	11	4	-	-	-	9	4	6	9	4	3	3	3	5	5	3	4	5	4	4

	Tuesday 23																Wednesday 24
	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	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.7 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	730	334	317	652	331	600	311	444	607	553	69	329	452	399	404	458	389	108	381	368	328	321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:03AM 1.78													8:08PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)								2:11PM 0.35											1:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	22	21	23	20	22	20	17	17	19	16	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	22	22	21	23	20	22	20	16	16	19	16	17	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 NE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.7 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.5 W	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	3	4	3	4	3	11	4	4	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-