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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	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Sumner Bar Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 N	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	12	14	9	18	17	4	12	11
Energy(?)	160	235	1050	296	814	1267	1589	355	430	342	269	341	230	234	367	503	67	213	145	28	140	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 2.13	7:33AM 1.96		6:57PM 2.41	8:32AM 1.94		8:58PM 2.55	9:32AM 2.36		9:55PM 2.47	10:38AM 1.90		10:52PM 2.38	11:18AM 2.28		12:00AM 2.02		12:31PM 1.71	12:57AM 1.80		12:47PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 0.09		1:51PM 0.05	12:59AM 0.57		2:38PM 0.38		3:19AM 0.41	2:32PM 0.64		4:29AM 0.14	4:35PM 0.41		5:12AM 0.45	5:29PM 0.43		6:20AM 0.13		6:39PM 0.17	7:13AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	9	10	9	10	10	8	10	12	9	11	12	10	13	13	11	15	16	14	16	14
Low °C	9	7	8	9	8	9	9	5	8	10	8	10	10	10	11	12	7	14	12	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	7	5	7	7	7	8	7	6	10	12	9	11	11	8	13	13	10	15	16	13	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	8	8	8	9	12	14	9	11	17	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 N	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	15	14	8	11	10	8	10	9	13	9	9	9	5	18	9	9	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.4 SE	0.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.8 N	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	3	9	8	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	-	4

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Sumner Bar Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.1 ESE	2.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	264	294	293	235	396	182	1050	289	304	428	670	835	356	363	890	833	1110	1292	1152	649	619	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:06PM 2.13				7:35AM 2.40				8:01PM 2.60				8:35AM 2.38					9:05PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)					12:07AM 0.50				1:40PM 0.36				2:20AM 0.40				2:40PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	8	7	8	7	8	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	8	6	7
Chill °C (?)	7	6	4	4	6	4	5	7	7	6	6	7	6	5	7	7	8	6	6	6	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	17	-	16	10	9	15	15	14	15	15	14	13	8	8	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	2.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	3	9	9	3	9	9	9	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	-	3	-

	Monday 20											Tuesday 21
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Sumner Bar Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	314	282	264	178	133	188	188	203	171	387	212	235	235	162	167	177	791	647	624	684	684	996
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:04PM 2.60												7:33AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)														1:20AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	3	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	9