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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	0	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 ENE	2.3 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	10	9	14	12	4	7	7	8	9	13	12	11	10	10	9	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	737	838	413	62	289	739	408	46	590	366	467	87	446	2031	871	522	388	254	391	250	120	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 1.94	2:48AM 2.06		3:09PM 1.93	3:58AM 2.09		4:17PM 1.94		4:49AM 2.10	5:09PM 1.95		6:24AM 2.14	5:40PM 1.96		6:09AM 2.05	6:50PM 1.88		7:17AM 1.94		7:19PM 1.84	8:56AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.09	9:19AM 0.17		9:36PM 0.03	10:13AM 0.12		10:30PM 0.00	11:06AM 0.10		12:10AM 0.01	12:46PM 0.09		11:56PM 0.03	12:28PM 0.12		1:06AM 0.10		1:17PM 0.17	1:37AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	18	18	14	18	19	17	22	24	17	16	15	13	17	15	14	18	19	17	23
Low °C	13	14	13	15	17	14	16	18	15	19	23	10	14	15	13	15	14	13	16	18	14	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	18	18	14	18	18	16	22	24	16	14	13	13	17	14	13	18	19	17	23
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.7 NE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	13	11	10	9	14	12	13	10	7	9	9	13	12	11	10	10	9	12	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	11	11	5	11	11	11	13	12	9	12	9	9	9	9	11	10	4	7	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	2.3 NE	1.3 NNW	1.8 NNE	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	3	5	-	-	5	6	4	7	5	8	4	-	-	4	3	5	6	3	-	3	4

	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	5	7	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	5
Energy(?)	56	200	737	873	997	787	606	413	366	305	303	50	202	323	673	746	566	547	498	323	213	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:44AM 1.79				2:14PM 1.87				3:04AM 2.04								3:58AM 2.09					5:01PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			8:05AM 0.22				8:40PM 0.09				9:19AM 0.17	10:03AM 0.15			9:19PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	15	18	19	17	14	15	14	14	16	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	15	18	19	17	14	15	14	14	16	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	5	7	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	14	9	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	9	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	9	14	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	4	5

	Friday 30
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	6	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	13
Energy(?)	70	43	127	43	215	200	195	809	692	721	844	164	165	968	997	895	872	787	733	520	501	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:41AM 2.08												2:14PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)								8:22AM 0.22												8:23PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	5	5	6	5	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	11	11	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	5