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 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	2.4 NE	1.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	346	278	298	265	266	600	454	415	534	372	722	833	322	424	1461	663	617	563	355	327	468	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:33PM 1.82		1:01AM 1.74		1:59PM 1.70	1:34AM 1.75		2:47PM 1.65	3:20AM 1.78		3:32PM 1.61	3:58AM 1.64		3:33PM 1.69			4:14PM 1.67		4:40AM 1.77	4:37PM 1.68		5:01AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 0.25		6:48AM 0.29		7:15PM 0.28	8:35AM 0.28		9:03PM 0.30	8:40AM 0.35		9:43PM 0.29	9:04AM 0.36		10:29PM 0.34	10:08AM 0.38		10:20PM 0.34	10:52AM 0.40		10:41PM 0.36	11:14AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	12	11	11	13	14	12	23	18	16	21	21	15	15	15	13	18	18	16	23
Low °C	16	19	10	12	11	9	12	12	11	18	17	15	19	21	14	14	15	12	16	17	14	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	15	12	10	10	12	12	9	23	18	16	21	21	14	15	14	12	18	18	16	23
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.7 S	1.6 ENE	0.3 S	1.6 ENE	0.1 SW	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 S	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	13	9	9	9	10	5	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	-	0.2 S	1.0 E	0.1 SW	1.0 NNE	0.1 NW	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	9	9	6	6	8	11	-	12	10	10	8	4	8	-	12	12	13	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.3 ENE	2.4 NE	0.4 NW	2.0 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	3.0 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	-	3	-	10	7	3	9	8	9	3	9	-	3	5	-	10	-	3

	Friday 14							Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	694	619	650	316	278	242	309	298	209	555	232	204	195	373	251	530	605	695	640	331	415	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	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)				12:18PM 1.83	1:09PM 1.75				1:44AM 1.80				1:08PM 1.79				1:50AM 1.73				1:54PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		6:13AM 0.25				6:28PM 0.26	7:25PM 0.19				7:45AM 0.26				8:18PM 0.27				7:54AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	17	19	18	15	13	9	9	13	14	12	11	11	9	9	11	12	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	17	19	18	14	12	8	8	12	14	12	10	11	8	9	10	10	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	8	9	9	3	6	6	6	12	11	4	8	9	9	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	5	-	5	6	2	4	3	6	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	10	10

	Friday 14
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	782	783	694	437	429	385	376	366	249	642	793	786	315	430	197	478	388	388	425	278	283	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:45PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	14	16	15	17	18	17	15	20	15	16	17	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	13	16	14	17	18	17	14	20	14	15	16	15	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	16	8	8	8	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	1.0 NNE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	5	9	9	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4