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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	4	4	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	1.8 NE	0.7 ENE	1.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	4	9	13	13	12	12	11	6	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	230	41	67	47	77	262	398	498	346	314	191	301	567	1130	247	162	309	2337	2294	1366	113	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 1.62		6:27AM 1.76			7:11AM 1.73	6:13PM 2.21	8:42PM 1.62	9:05AM 1.64		8:37PM 1.52	9:50AM 1.75		10:11PM 1.58	10:34AM 1.73		10:57PM 1.58	11:11AM 1.76		10:39PM 1.57	11:24AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	12:22PM 0.43		12:10AM 0.41	12:47PM 0.46	1:09PM 0.44	12:57AM 0.43			2:53AM 0.42		3:27PM 0.39	2:49AM 0.44		3:08PM 0.48		4:21AM 0.42	4:57PM 0.41		4:56AM 0.42	4:39PM 0.41		5:10AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	14	15	12	9	10	12	14	15	15	22	17	19	25	25	21	22	20	12	14
Low °C	12	12	10	14	14	10	9	10	10	13	15	14	19	17	16	20	24	17	20	12	9	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	14	14	12	7	9	10	12	14	15	22	16	19	25	25	21	22	20	10	13
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	9	14	9	4	13	9	13	12	12	11	11	7	11	12	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	14	14	9	13	13	9	9	9	9	12	11	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 NE	1.6 ENE	2.5 NE	0.2 WNW	1.3 NNE	0.9 NNW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.5 S	0.4 NE	1.7 NE
Period (s)	-	9	4	4	9	3	5	4	3	4	6	7	8	8	3	5	4	9	10	6	3	10

	Saturday 22							Sunday 23								Monday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	5	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	14	4	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	256	285	110	102	180	186	87	66	40	59	56	207	77	183	48	51	120	59	336	475	501	396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:04AM 1.77				6:01PM 1.64					7:36AM 1.68			6:45PM 1.60	7:58PM 1.65				8:12AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				12:00PM 0.44				11:45PM 0.70	1:23AM 0.39				1:59PM 0.42				2:08AM 0.41				1:34PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	13	13	13	13	11	10	9	11	14	13	15	14	13	12	12	11	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	8	10	14	13	14	13	13	11	12	9	7	7	9	9
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	5	9	4	4	9	13	13	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	5	5	15	15	4	15	9	15	9	9	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	4	4	4	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	9	9	-	-	14	4	5	-	-	-

	Saturday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	9
Energy(?)	290	325	145	145	289	155	151	40	58	87	76	207	65	152	110	108	105	105	163	80	87	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			7:02PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)												12:22PM 0.43	1:13PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	10	9	11	12	10	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	9	5	5	9	5	5	10	9	9	9	9	16	14	16	15	15	15	9	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	10	10	5	9	9	4	4	5	16	5	-	4	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	5	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	4	4	4