Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	10	10	9	16	16	15	13	12	11	10	13	16	6	10	9	13	14	13	8	10
Energy	751	238	125	53	41	222	191	127	219	216	50	65	11	374	203	212	270	49	487	153	93	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 1.69		1:05PM 1.88	2:09AM 1.74		1:43PM 2.01	2:22AM 1.88		2:56PM 2.09		4:02AM 1.83	4:37PM 2.22		3:56AM 1.99	4:49PM 2.18		5:57AM 2.06			6:09AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		7:03PM 0.25	7:26AM 0.17		7:59PM 0.20	7:20AM 0.12		8:15PM 0.17	8:33AM 0.05		9:57PM 0.09	10:14AM -0.00		10:49PM 0.07	10:11AM -0.03		11:11PM 0.06		12:05PM -0.06	12:09AM 0.05		1:03PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	18	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	12	12	10	11	11	9	12	14	15	15	10	8	9	9	12	9	8	10	9	10
Low °C	8	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	14	14	12	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	9
Chill °C (?)	7	8	11	11	9	10	11	8	11	14	14	15	8	5	8	7	10	7	8	8	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	9	11	10	9	13	12	11	10	4	16	6	10	9	13	14	13	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	4	16	15	4	16	16	15	9	16	16	15	3	8	10	15	13	13	12	5	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 N	1.2 N	-	1.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	3	5	-	-	4	4	5	-	5	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	16	16	16	10	10	15	9	13
Energy	751	487	284	238	258	52	125	89	53	59	55	41	223	50	222	251	191	66	79	127	72	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:15AM 1.78				1:05PM 1.88				1:10AM 1.84				1:43PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.25				7:26AM 0.17				7:59PM 0.18				7:20AM 0.12				8:58PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	6	6	7	8	11	11	11	10	8	8	7	9	11	11	10	9	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	16	15	4	4	10	4	16	16	15	15	4	4	17	13	16	16	16	17	16	15	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	2	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3

	Thursday 11											Friday 12
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	1045	791	751	617	495	487	422	321	284	247	245	238	217	258	258	53	52	52	50	43	125	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							6:21PM 0.28	7:03PM 0.25												7:29AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	7	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	10	4	4	4	4	4	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-