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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	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	12	12	11	7	7	18	15	14	14	11	10	12	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	726	957	1401	739	508	182	66	114	192	378	304	367	256	188	150	941	659	300	241	268	257	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:12PM 1.84		5:33AM 1.81	5:56PM 1.82		6:16AM 1.75	6:41PM 1.79		7:02AM 1.69		7:28PM 1.75	7:49AM 1.63		9:06PM 1.66	8:39AM 1.58		9:55PM 1.55	10:19AM 1.42		10:01PM 1.63	11:12AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	11:02AM 0.20		11:25PM 0.23	11:46AM 0.24		12:12AM 0.28	12:30PM 0.28		12:59AM 0.34		1:15PM 0.34	1:47AM 0.40		2:52PM 0.34	3:26AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.45		4:15AM 0.37	3:41PM 0.49		5:03AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	14	17	18	18	19	15	11	13	13	14	15	16	15	17	15	18	20	22	17	17
Low °C	15	14	13	14	17	17	16	12	10	11	12	12	15	15	14	15	15	17	18	20	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	17	18	18	19	14	9	12	12	13	15	15	14	16	14	18	20	22	17	17
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	15	12	12	11	10	7	18	15	14	14	6	10	12	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.2 E	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	9	5	6	7	7	4	7	5	9	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	4	5	6	-	2	7	3	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Thursday 02							Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	10
Energy(?)	1041	843	726	722	957	1230	1232	1401	1246	1000	739	666	508	260	214	322	290	100	103	161	70	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:49AM 1.86				5:12PM 1.84				5:33AM 1.81				6:44PM 1.72					7:06AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				11:02AM 0.20				11:25PM 0.23				11:46AM 0.24				12:12AM 0.28				12:30PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	15	18	17	14	14	14	13	13	14	17	18	20	16	16	17	17	19	19	16	13
Chill °C (?)	9	10	14	18	16	13	13	13	12	12	13	17	18	20	15	16	17	16	19	19	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	16	16	15	9	9	9	5	6	6	6	7	11	11	6	7	10	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	-	3	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	3

	Thursday 02
	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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	1088	1069	1041	901	870	843	828	829	726	726	722	722	722	433	435	1012	1129	575	577	1233	760	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:49AM 1.86													5:12PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)											11:02AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	15	16	18	18	18	20	20	16	16	17	16	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	14	15	18	18	18	20	20	15	15	16	15	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4