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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	10	12	12	8
Energy(?)	502	515	368	763	134	333	44	148	78	65	25	135	261	313	318	317	61	43	187	59	198	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:27AM 1.59	4:43PM 1.46		5:06AM 1.89	5:21PM 1.74		5:47AM 1.91	6:12PM 1.73		6:36AM 1.64	6:52PM 1.57		7:19AM 1.88			7:12AM 1.81		7:30PM 1.67	8:44AM 1.85		8:16PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	10:05PM 0.33	10:41AM 0.37		10:49PM 0.30	11:19AM 0.41		11:27PM 0.33	12:02PM 0.38		12:18AM 0.27	12:54PM 0.29		1:01AM 0.24		1:40PM 0.32	12:40AM 0.25		1:33PM 0.31	1:45AM 0.27		2:53PM 0.48	2:34AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	13	41	9	5	5
High °C	12	14	15	13	14	13	13	15	15	13	16	15	13	16	17	16	14	15	16	16	15	13
Low °C	12	13	14	12	13	13	11	14	15	11	14	14	12	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	14	12	14	12	12	15	14	13	15	14	12	15	16	15	14	15	15	15	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.9 S	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	12	7	7	13	12	10	12	12	5	13	10	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	9	11	9	10	8	9	9	8	8	13	11	8	13	10	5	12	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	-	0.6 E	-	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	5	-	2	12	5

	Fri	Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	749	729	733	741	515	460	474	472	513	763	363	358	311	127	150	251	235	201	201	64	49	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:27AM 1.59				4:39PM 1.72				5:11AM 1.71				4:27PM 1.70				5:57AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		10:05PM 0.33				10:35AM 0.45				10:50PM 0.32				11:28AM 0.40				10:50PM 0.30				11:24AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	10	11	12	14	13	12	12	10	11	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	9	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	11	10	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 16				Saturday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	673	727	749	728	502	502	479	384	99	734	743	741	775	112	115	468	492	460	471	157	78	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:28AM 1.68												4:04PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				10:05PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	15	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	7	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.5 S	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	6	3	8	8	8	8	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	3	8