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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	Thu	Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	12	12	7	11	9	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	607	84	817	1233	800	483	361	240	212	201	240	202	31	9	18	3789	3017	2069	1726	1378	1157	649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:39PM 1.52	12:04PM 1.68		12:27AM 1.59		1:33PM 1.80	1:57AM 1.73		2:13PM 1.89	2:38AM 1.88		2:11PM 1.90	2:54AM 1.92		3:01PM 1.96	3:28AM 2.05		4:11PM 1.96		5:17AM 2.19	5:42PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 0.40	6:19PM 0.39		7:05AM 0.35		7:47PM 0.30	7:55AM 0.27		8:25PM 0.23	7:55AM 0.15		8:39PM 0.13	9:06AM 0.11		9:11PM 0.05	10:01AM 0.06		10:23PM 0.01	11:37AM 0.04		12:05AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	10	9	11	11	9	13	13	10	14	15	14	16	14	10	13	12	11	16	15	17
Low °C	10	12	9	7	11	10	8	11	11	10	13	15	11	14	11	10	12	10	10	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	13	7	7	11	8	7	13	12	9	13	14	13	16	12	9	12	10	9	16	14	17
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	12	12	7	5	7	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	-	-	16	-	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.6 NW	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.6 N
Period (s)	5	4	7	-	-	3	5	-	-	5	3	4	2	2	3	-	-	-	3	4	5	5

	Thu	Friday 31	Saturday 01	Sunday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	504	545	755	854	895	145	338	1326	1183	1233	1244	1027	766	647	530	449	387	323	343	277	233	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:39PM 1.52				12:46PM 1.75								12:51PM 1.74					1:14AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				5:44AM 0.40				6:51PM 0.40				6:16AM 0.32				6:47PM 0.30	7:04PM 0.30				7:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	10	13	12	10	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	12	11	8	9	9	8	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	8	12	10	8	7	8	9	8	8	10	8	10	9	5	7	9	6	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	-	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	6	5	4	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	15	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30	Friday 31
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	426	432	504	520	591	42	53	686	801	799	957	971	854	857	983	1094	2728	2728	2831	941	817	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:22AM 1.59												12:04PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)											5:29AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	11	10	8	9	8	7	6	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	10	6	5	6	6	5	4	6	6	4	4	4	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	-	-	13	13	13	7	7	4