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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Le Bons 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	Smithfield Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	4	3	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NNE	2.1 NE	2.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 S	1.8 NE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	4	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	7	9	10	11	10	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	336	305	144	57	674	758	136	469	551	442	330	157	124	146	108	213	591	938	207	172	530	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:11PM 1.58	9:49AM 1.66		10:57PM 1.38	10:36AM 1.67		11:45PM 1.62	12:08PM 1.76		11:32PM 1.64	11:58AM 1.74		1:15AM 2.19		1:08PM 1.79	2:23AM 1.90		1:45PM 1.86	3:15AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 0.43			4:12PM 0.44		4:21AM 0.41	5:39PM 0.31		5:54AM 0.36	6:27PM 0.32		5:44AM 0.31	6:31PM 0.26	7:07PM 0.49	6:54AM 0.25		8:06PM 0.18	8:34AM 0.20		8:56PM 0.09	8:47AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	20	25	23	18	24	14	12	16	17	14	19	23	19	19	15	12	18	16	16	21
Low °C	22	23	15	23	21	17	22	14	11	15	16	14	16	23	16	17	14	11	14	16	15	18
Chill °C (?)	24	25	20	25	23	18	24	12	12	16	17	13	19	23	19	18	14	11	17	15	15	21
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	9	10	11	10	12	9	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	14	13	12	10	-	9	8	6	7	4	15	15	10	14	14	8	11	10	13	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNW	2.2 NNE	0.4 NNW	1.0 SE	-	0.8 SW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	8	3	3	4	5	9	3	4	-	10	-	4	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	8	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 NNE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	336	270	209	717	575	216	403	94	57	78	153	236	207	758	640	733	671	134	452	123	187	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:50AM 1.75				9:23PM 1.51	10:11PM 1.38				10:34AM 1.73			9:48PM 1.52	10:10PM 1.52				11:20AM 1.74				11:00PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)							3:34AM 0.43	4:18AM 0.35								4:21AM 0.41				4:39PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	24	23	21	18	18	16	17	23	25	25	23	18	18	16	17	20	24	15	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	22	24	23	21	18	18	16	17	23	25	25	23	18	17	16	16	20	24	13	13	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	5	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	-	9	9	9	3	8	5	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.4 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	2.2 NNE	1.1 NE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	8	3	3	4	4	3	8	-	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	-	11	5	-	-

	Wednesday 26																Thursday 27
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	12
Energy(?)	269	319	336	1200	1211	1388	1183	358	209	204	175	416	390	613	103	495	523	144	138	211	100	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)										4:13PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	17	18	22	21	24	23	23	23	22	20	19	18	17	18	17	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	16	17	22	21	24	23	23	23	22	20	19	18	16	18	16	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	11	11	14	11	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	12	8	13	13	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 N	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	-	8