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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	1	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	2.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	9
Energy(?)	206	793	97	425	489	359	359	253	179	314	120	132	226	360	78	327	142	196	236	264	757	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:57PM 1.58	11:19AM 1.62		11:00PM 1.56	11:24AM 1.69		12:35AM 1.69	12:58PM 1.80		1:28AM 1.78		1:08PM 1.79	2:23AM 1.90		2:46PM 1.90	2:34AM 1.96		2:56PM 1.89	3:29AM 2.06	4:14AM 2.12	3:52PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			5:03AM 0.36	5:39PM 0.34		5:10AM 0.37	5:43PM 0.34		6:45AM 0.32	6:14PM 0.27	7:15PM 0.26	6:54AM 0.25		8:06PM 0.18	7:50AM 0.19		8:13PM 0.11	8:28AM 0.13		9:07PM 0.05	10:32AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	10
High °C	25	18	23	13	12	17	18	14	22	20	18	16	15	13	20	21	17	15	18	17	18	11
Low °C	23	17	21	13	11	15	16	13	18	18	13	15	14	12	19	18	14	14	16	13	16	10
Chill °C (?)	25	17	23	11	11	17	18	12	22	20	17	14	13	12	20	21	17	13	17	16	18	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.7 N	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	-	9	9	7	10	12	16	15	-	14	14	-	5	6	6	4	10	10	9	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	2.2 NNE	0.7 N	1.0 SSE	-	0.4 W	-	0.8 NE	-	1.4 NE	0.8 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 NE	1.0 NW	-	0.9 E	0.9 NE	-	-	0.5 NW	1.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	9	4	4	-	3	-	4	-	9	4	2	4	5	-	10	5	-	-	3	9	-

	Thursday 27			Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	2	1	3	3	3	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	86	151	218	170	745	914	698	93	324	212	582	489	508	201	329	350	359	213	314	253	105	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:56PM 1.47				11:20AM 1.74				11:00PM 1.56				12:08PM 1.76				11:51PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						4:21AM 0.41				4:39PM 0.41				5:54AM 0.36				5:26PM 0.35				6:01AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	20	18	17	17	19	23	15	14	12	11	11	11	15	19	18	17	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	25	23	20	18	16	17	19	23	13	13	11	9	10	10	15	19	18	16	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 S	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 N	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	10	10	10	10	9	4	9	11	6	7	6	5	10	5	12	12	7	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.2 WNW	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 E	-	1.0 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	9	11	5	2	4	5	11	-	-	-	3	10	-	10	3	4	-	5

	Thursday 27										Friday 28
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	2	1	3	3	3	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	2.1 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	1.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	62	83	206	205	626	758	758	151	159	215	121	793	758	121	745	108	31	185	31	698	97	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)																						10:36AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	25	25	22	21	20	21	20	17	18	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	17	18	21	19
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	25	22	21	20	21	20	17	18	16	16	15	16	15	16	17	17	18	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	12	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	10	4	12	-	-	12	10	11	10	9	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.6 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.6 N	2.1 NNE	0.6 N	2.1 NNE	0.4 NW	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.7 N	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	9	9	4	9	4	10	3	11	11	4	5