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 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	13	9	12	11	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1830	749	755	630	471	221	413	557	254	504	258	92	178	169	161	34	186	584	714	525	298	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:10AM 2.15		4:59PM 1.48		4:40AM 1.77	4:56PM 1.66		5:21AM 1.78	5:39PM 1.64		6:04AM 1.77	6:23PM 1.62		7:36AM 1.68			7:33AM 1.72		7:52PM 1.55	8:18AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56PM 0.59	9:32AM 0.59		11:01PM 0.72	10:52AM 0.40		11:03PM 0.36	11:37AM 0.41		11:46PM 0.38	12:22PM 0.43		12:31AM 0.40		1:09PM 0.44	12:57AM 0.43		1:55PM 0.46	2:03AM 0.44		2:41PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	19	17	16	17	18	17	26	20	11	13	12	11	14	15	12	12	13	12	14	15
Low °C	23	18	19	17	15	16	15	15	23	16	10	13	11	10	13	14	12	11	12	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	23	20	19	17	16	17	18	17	26	20	9	12	10	9	13	14	12	11	12	10	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	0.1 S	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 NE
Period (s)	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	9	14	5	9	12	11	12	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	5	12	13	16	14	14	5	16	14	14	9	15	15	9	14	9	9	9	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.5 NW	-	1.3 S	-	0.7 SE	1.3 ENE	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	3	4	3	3	-	6	-	5	5	-	3	4	-	-	4	6	-

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka 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
Rating	1	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	164	202	211	894	217	1508	758	735	627	559	531	662	643	547	248	346	196	584	584	557	555	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:54PM 2.04									4:14PM 1.67				4:40AM 1.77				4:56PM 1.66				5:21AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 0.59	10:25PM 0.29				10:08AM 0.38				10:20PM 0.34				10:52AM 0.40				11:03PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	20	20	19	19	18	19	18	17	15	16	15	16	20	20	19	15	15	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	24	24	20	20	19	19	18	19	18	17	15	16	15	16	20	20	19	14	14	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	14	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	16	14	4	14	15	5	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	0.5 N	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	-

	Tuesday 18										Wednesday 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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka 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
Rating	1	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	168	164	164	1830	359	1385	1228	1107	1042	1042	749	749	749	720	337	695	267	1508	1565	1581	758	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)									9:40PM 0.33													10:08AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	24	23	22	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	19	18	19	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	23	24	23	22	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	17	20	19	18	19	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	14	-	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	3	9	9	9	-	-