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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	Sat	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	0	3	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	3.0 S	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	13	12	5	6	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	11	10	11
Energy(?)	416	129	229	189	142	80	83	54	169	274	125	205	297	1001	1174	936	674	814	2220	459	2119	2060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 1.61	5:26PM 1.47		5:47AM 1.91	6:02PM 1.75		5:31AM 1.85	5:45PM 1.71		7:19AM 1.88			7:12AM 1.81		7:30PM 1.67	7:55AM 1.78		9:08PM 1.59	9:32AM 1.69		9:07PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:07PM 0.34	11:26AM 0.34		11:34PM 0.29	12:02PM 0.38		12:21AM 0.30	11:46AM 0.34		1:02AM 0.25		1:40PM 0.32	12:59AM 0.26		1:33PM 0.31	1:45AM 0.27		3:09PM 0.29	3:21AM 0.25		3:54PM 0.22	3:26AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	-	3	2	1	2	1	-
High °C	12	14	14	12	14	15	13	15	15	13	17	18	16	17	19	18	14	12	11	13	12	12
Low °C	11	13	14	11	13	15	10	14	14	13	15	17	16	17	18	15	13	12	10	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	12	13	14	12	14	14	12	16	17	15	16	19	18	13	9	8	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	7	12	7	7	13	12	14	14	13	10	12	11	10	12	12	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	9	8	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	6	-	22	13	19	18	12	11	10	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	6	3	5	6	8	8	9	9	12	9	6	-	10	11

	Sat	Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	14
Energy(?)	417	371	328	357	454	384	142	226	205	124	60	57	142	128	112	110	103	66	61	52	50	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:11AM 1.71				4:27PM 1.70				5:57AM 1.87				5:24PM 1.68				6:35AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		10:49PM 0.30				11:19AM 0.41				11:34PM 0.29				11:24AM 0.36				12:21AM 0.30				12:07PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	12	12	11	10	13	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	13	12	13	14	11	12	10	9	12	13	13	13	11	12	11	10	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.2 ENE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17				Sunday 18
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	458	335	757	764	455	416	170	411	439	328	153	131	464	467	454	395	386	122	259	253	229	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:15AM 1.86											4:44PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				10:50PM 0.32												10:42AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	7	7	9	13	14	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-