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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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.4 E	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	11	11	7	10	7	9	14	11	10	10	13	9	5	10	6	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1110	427	496	318	137	101	107	39	240	513	228	468	275	391	784	200	106	120	29	224	45	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:14PM 1.80		12:50AM 1.91		1:06PM 1.85	1:42AM 2.00		2:10PM 1.72	2:45AM 1.89		2:29PM 1.85	3:04AM 2.04		3:09PM 1.93		4:40AM 2.15	5:01PM 1.99		5:33AM 2.16	5:54PM 1.99		6:22AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 0.19		7:06AM 0.27		7:18PM 0.19	8:02AM 0.21		8:22PM 0.12	9:01AM 0.18		8:40PM 0.09	9:01AM 0.17		10:20PM 0.04	10:59AM 0.12		11:16PM 0.01	11:54AM 0.09		11:23PM 0.00	12:43PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1
High °C	14	15	13	17	19	16	20	23	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	17	19	18	26	25	16	12
Low °C	13	14	12	15	18	14	19	22	13	14	15	12	14	15	13	15	18	15	24	24	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	17	19	16	20	23	13	14	13	13	15	14	13	17	18	18	26	25	14	11
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 E	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	10	9	8	9	5	6	10	7	9	7	11	10	10	13	9	9	10	6	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	11	11	7	6	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	13	13	10	10	9	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.3 S	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE	0.7 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	4	5	2	2	-	-	3	5	2	-	5	4	5	5	3	5	5	5

	Tuesday 27							Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	708	1227	1110	984	834	681	316	274	269	235	326	255	237	200	125	101	52	52	52	44	91	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:13PM 1.81				12:48AM 1.76				12:31PM 1.74					1:50AM 1.97				1:32PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		6:04AM 0.25				6:21PM 0.23								6:27PM 0.22	7:28PM 0.18				8:06AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	13	12	12	15	16	18	17	16	15	14	14	19	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	15	15	14	13	12	11	14	15	18	17	16	15	13	13	19	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 NE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	5	5	5	6	10	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	10	6	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	5	-	2	-	-	3	3

	Tuesday 27
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	708	1124	821	856	1092	1110	1227	1227	474	449	1011	1010	1024	1790	141	141	125	104	102	106	560	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)											11:29AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)					5:56AM 0.31													6:31PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	15	15	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	2.1 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	16	16	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	-	-	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-