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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	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	0	0	4	2	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.3 E	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	14	13
Energy(?)	204	46	116	278	405	2872	293	1803	1006	366	312	318	207	195	141	151	397	1883	374	673	1244	1765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:17PM 1.71	7:39AM 1.58		8:57PM 1.75	7:33AM 2.13		8:40PM 1.62	10:12AM 1.59		10:38PM 1.70	11:01AM 1.57		11:26PM 1.70	10:49AM 1.92		12:04AM 1.51	11:33AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 0.38	1:37AM 0.45		2:42PM 0.42			2:13PM 0.81	2:59AM 0.55	4:03AM 0.48	4:16PM 0.48		4:50AM 0.49	4:36PM 0.79		4:45AM 0.98	5:43PM 0.41		5:35AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	49
High °C	15	14	15	16	15	15	17	20	18	20	21	17	15	15	13	15	17	14	19	18	17	16
Low °C	13	14	15	14	15	14	13	18	17	18	19	14	14	13	12	13	14	12	14	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	14	13	13	17	20	17	20	21	17	15	15	12	14	16	13	19	18	16	16
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.1 S	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	10	10	12	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	11	13	11	14	14	15	13	13	15	16	16	16	14	4	13	9	10	-	-	14	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	7	8	9	-	4	4	3	-	-	4	-	4	4	10	8	-	-	5	6

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	12	10	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	204	47	202	218	90	91	110	136	316	327	574	572	537	548	668	268	1156	1177	338	908	721	1006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:49AM 1.63				8:07PM 1.79				7:16AM 1.58				8:57PM 1.75					9:19AM 1.42				9:01PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			1:03PM 0.40				12:32AM 0.82				2:42PM 0.42								2:13PM 0.81	3:26PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	16	15	13	13	12	12	15	16	17	15	14	15	14	12	16	20	20	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	16	13	12	13	13	11	16	20	20	19	18	17
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	12	4	12	5	6	10	12	10	10	15	14	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	10	12	10	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	9	14	13	9	9	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	5	-	6	3	10	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	4

	Monday 06																	Tuesday 07
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	10	10	5	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	5	6	6	6
Energy(?)	159	34	204	205	33	47	14	33	157	46	103	144	144	107	90	105	95	96	102	152	222	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:49AM 1.63	7:41AM 1.71												7:56PM 2.22	8:07PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)							12:23PM 0.63												12:32AM 0.82		2:26AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	12	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	15	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	12	12	12	12	4	5	10	10	5	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	5	13	13	5	5	10	12	10	5	5	10	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	5	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	6	6	6