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 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	0	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	1.9 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 S	0.8 E	1.0 SSE	3.5 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	4.0 SSW	1.1 SE	1.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	12	11	11	8	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	10
Energy(?)	1010	630	1854	2599	1981	1393	746	265	444	4488	976	1055	5763	310	557	1447	1078	776	321	371	63	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 1.72	8:45AM 1.71		7:53PM 1.69	9:32AM 1.69		9:57PM 1.75	10:21AM 1.81		10:52PM 1.65	11:06AM 1.81		11:50PM 1.83	12:05PM 1.82		11:33PM 2.19		1:14PM 1.83	12:31AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 0.64	2:24PM 0.30	2:36AM 0.27		3:07PM 0.26	2:14AM 0.29		3:56PM 0.27		4:16AM 0.29	4:42PM 0.23		4:59AM 0.31	5:37PM 0.24		5:56AM 0.31	4:58PM 0.63		7:06AM 0.27			8:06AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	13	2	-	2	3	30	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	17	16	13	16	14	13	17	15	14	15	16	13	14	15	14	18	18	18	21
Low °C	16	16	15	17	14	11	15	13	12	15	14	14	14	15	12	13	14	13	15	18	13	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	15	12	15	11	11	16	15	13	14	15	12	14	14	14	18	18	17	21
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	1.9 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	9	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	13	12	11	11	12	10	11	11	9	9	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	13	10	10	9	9	11	8	10	10	10	9	10	12	18	11	16	16	11	11	11	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	0.9 WSW	-	3.5 S	-	-	4.0 SSW	1.1 SE	-	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	4	6	8	4	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	10	10	-	-	3	2	-

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	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.8 S	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	10	10	8	10
Energy(?)	622	903	750	1999	1107	2987	1609	1076	1173	1101	1538	1396	1981	806	1248	1513	860	783	273	251	598	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:01AM 1.87				8:20PM 1.58				8:45AM 1.71				9:07PM 1.73				9:31AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)					2:22PM 0.28				2:36AM 0.27				2:56PM 0.30				1:53AM 0.62				2:17PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	7	5	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	7	6	1	-	3	-	1	1
Temp. °C	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	18	19	16	15	13	12	11	11	13	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	18	19	15	14	12	10	9	9	10	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	3.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	13	13	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	14	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	15	11	7	8	9	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	1.7 SE	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	10	6	7	8	4	4	8	4

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	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	1.4 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.4 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	11
Energy(?)	187	652	668	987	1093	1008	1121	816	750	674	1838	1999	1767	630	630	2040	1176	325	825	836	343	902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:51AM 1.82		8:01AM 1.87										6:40PM 2.03		8:20PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)														2:24PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	5	5	2	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	16	15	16	16	14	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.3 E	2.3 E	0.5 S	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.5 S	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.4 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	22	22	22	14	13	14	13	13	13	10	10	13	10	10	12	12	11	10	18	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-