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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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	1	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	8
Energy(?)	130	67	29	126	259	142	374	674	369	314	210	73	712	728	543	769	245	185	46	104	23	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			5:01AM 1.83	5:14PM 1.56		5:40AM 1.70	5:58PM 1.56		6:27AM 1.86	6:44PM 1.69		5:17AM 2.13			6:00AM 2.15		8:08PM 1.52	7:45AM 1.75		8:41PM 1.66	9:06AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		9:53PM 0.37	11:15AM 0.43		11:21PM 0.34	11:58AM 0.38		11:19PM 0.35	12:45PM 0.40		12:42AM 0.37	11:37AM 0.86	1:27PM 0.36	11:50PM 0.78	12:21PM 0.87	2:02PM 0.41	2:17AM 0.32		2:45PM 0.40	2:53AM 0.37		3:28PM 0.39
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	19	11	9	11	12	10	12	12	11	15	13	14	17	19	15	18	24	19	20	18
Low °C	16	14	18	10	8	11	11	9	10	12	11	12	13	13	15	19	14	16	21	16	20	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	7	7	10	12	9	11	10	10	14	11	14	17	19	14	18	24	18	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	6	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 WNW	0.1 E	0.6 N	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	11	6	10	9	8	13	8	12	10	9	8	9	10	5	3	13	5	9	5	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	1.4 S	1.6 S	0.5 W	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	1.6 SSE	1.0 E	0.3 W	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.1 E	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	2	2	5	6	3	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	3	-	10	6	3	3	4	6	3

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	11	10	12	8	8	8	6	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	189	130	40	67	83	79	63	120	23	28	847	259	246	209	220	411	407	840	815	674	752	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:57AM 1.68				5:18PM 1.70								5:13PM 1.65				6:17AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)				10:37PM 0.35				10:27AM 0.43								11:50AM 0.43				11:58PM 0.37
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	14	16	16	14	14	19	18	21	11	10	9	9	9	11	12	10	11	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	14	13	16	16	14	13	19	18	21	7	7	8	7	8	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	5	8	6	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	11	8	8	12	10	8	9	9	10	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	0.5 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	4	4	4	8	6	3	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Thursday 18										Friday 19
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	219	190	66	130	121	100	100	123	40	32	53	33	59	30	29	95	80	99	103	106	107	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															3:18AM 2.10	4:52AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)										10:40PM 0.38
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	14	15	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	14	12	14	15	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	13	9	8	8	8	12	10	10	4	10	11	11	11	12	8	8	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	-	4	4	6	6	5

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