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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	Tue	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough 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	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	9	8	4	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	11	11	8
Energy(?)	55	280	2087	90	42	674	538	122	507	479	92	287	113	128	223	965	101	334	288	599	466	1173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:50AM 1.75		9:00PM 1.52	9:03AM 2.09		10:57PM 1.58	11:19AM 1.62		11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		12:35AM 1.69	12:15PM 1.73		1:15AM 2.19	12:51PM 1.80	1:08PM 1.79	1:39AM 1.84		2:02PM 1.84	3:18AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 0.38		3:08PM 0.48	3:17AM 0.44		4:57PM 0.41		5:03AM 0.36	4:57PM 0.40		5:10AM 0.37	6:25PM 0.29		6:01AM 0.31		7:07PM 0.49	6:37AM 0.24		7:21PM 0.19	7:50AM 0.19		8:59PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	23	22	20	23	24	18	25	15	12	19	17	14	18	17	18	18	13	12	15	18	19
Low °C	13	22	21	17	23	21	18	23	14	11	18	16	14	16	17	14	15	12	12	14	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	23	22	20	23	24	18	25	13	12	19	17	13	18	16	17	18	11	10	14	18	19
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.1 SE	2.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	6	13	8	8	12	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	7	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	-	10	10	9	9	6	5	5	5	15	14	14	-	13	14	11	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	0.5 N	1.1 NE	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.5 N	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.2 NE	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	-	8	9	3	4	5	4	3	4	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	4	6	-	11	6	8

	Tue	Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SSW	1.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	4	6	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	533	292	516	587	607	219	209	215	503	458	324	153	42	378	153	203	203	538	662	746	561	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:26PM 1.47				8:06AM 2.10				9:23PM 1.51								9:48PM 1.52	10:10PM 1.52				11:20AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			2:30AM 0.46					4:11PM 0.39			3:34AM 0.43	4:18AM 0.38				4:38PM 0.63				4:21AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	17	18	23	23	24	18	18	17	18	23	21	25	24	18	18	18	18	19	25
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	18	23	23	24	18	18	17	18	23	21	25	24	18	17	17	18	19	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 NE	0.2 SSW	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	12	-	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	-	12	11	10	4	10	15	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 N	1.1 NE	2.0 NE	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	2.0 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	8	-	9	9	8	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	6	4	4	-	4	9	4	4	3

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26
	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	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	417	501	397	363	187	292	253	394	825	830	834	742	259	867	280	303	438	958	958	989	2087	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															9:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:27PM 0.46	4:13PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	14	14	14	18	18	18	16	16	16	18	19	18	22	20	22	19	20	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	18	17	13	13	13	18	18	18	15	15	15	17	19	17	22	20	22	18	20	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	13	12	13	14	9	12	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	11	12	13	10	13	13	13	9	-	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 N	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	-	2.5 NE	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	8	-	9	3