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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	Thu		Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 SSW	1.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	14	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	10	8
Energy(?)	688	1057	1568	2063	424	1897	510	1288	534	1357	3505	2428	348	121	1166	1005	735	47	290	101	34	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:45AM 1.71		9:07PM 1.73	9:31AM 1.82		9:58PM 1.61	10:22AM 1.67		10:47PM 2.23	11:06AM 1.81		11:41PM 1.86	10:32AM 2.05		12:42AM 1.92	11:34AM 2.12	1:12PM 1.60	1:46AM 1.73	12:39PM 2.23	2:10PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 0.27		3:09PM 0.29	3:25AM 0.28		3:56PM 0.27		4:13AM 0.26	4:33PM 0.28		4:59AM 0.31	5:25PM 0.26		4:30AM 0.82	4:58PM 0.63		5:37AM 0.86		7:24PM 0.14	6:45AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	7	3	4	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	20	15	13	12	13	14	15	16	14	15	15	13	15	15	14	16	18	16	22	22
Low °C	16	15	18	14	11	12	13	13	15	15	13	14	14	12	14	14	13	15	17	13	17	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	14	11	9	10	12	15	15	13	15	14	13	15	15	14	16	18	16	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	2.1 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 S	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	4	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 NE	0.1 S	-	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	7	10	10	9	9	9	8	19	-	11	16	15	11	11	12	11	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	-	-	0.7 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.2 SSE	-	2.3 S	2.2 S	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	-	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	7	9	4	9	3	-	11	11	11	-	10	10	-	-	4	5	-	8

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	11	8	9	8	8	9	12	12
Energy(?)	895	2819	1630	1057	1113	1056	1072	1428	1264	1655	1163	1558	1479	1455	263	546	1145	550	906	1288	596	997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 1.58				8:44AM 1.85				9:07PM 2.14				7:54AM 2.07				10:00PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)					2:36AM 0.27				3:07PM 0.26				3:12AM 0.29				3:43PM 0.29				2:43AM 0.67	4:13AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	20	19	14	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	15	15	18	20	19	13	12	10	10	10	9	12	11	13	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.4 E	3.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	7	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 E	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	7	8	-	8	9	8	8	9	3	-

	Thursday 22										Friday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	3.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.4 ESE	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	975	970	2637	688	740	740	771	1454	1630	2439	698	2647	2700	2746	342	375	2889	425	1661	1568	530	1540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:20PM 1.58												8:46AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)														2:24AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	14	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	16	17	12	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 E	0.1 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	3.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.4 ESE	2.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-