Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	1.4 SE	3.0 S	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s)	17	16	15	15	18	15	16	13	12	12	10	11	10	7	8	7	8	9	9	10	11	11
Energy	2345	1650	1270	4139	1175	4104	1302	1728	938	680	261	431	264	312	430	201	268	295	781	1888	1221	1783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:53PM 1.67	2:11AM 1.63		2:44PM 1.82	1:59AM 1.72		2:43PM 1.77	2:59AM 1.68		4:08PM 1.69		3:41AM 1.67	4:07PM 1.79		3:09AM 2.32	3:57PM 2.07		5:54AM 1.56		6:20PM 1.70	5:52AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 0.31	8:17AM 0.30		7:47PM 0.36	9:08AM 0.29		8:53PM 0.39	8:45AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.40	9:48AM 0.35		10:22PM 0.41	10:00AM 0.66		11:58PM 0.41		12:04PM 0.32	12:41AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-
High °C	11	13	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	10	14	18	16	16	18	19	17	12	11	12
Low °C	8	11	9	9	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	15	15	14	16	18	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	11	11	11	10	11	12	10	9	12	9	13	17	15	16	18	19	17	10	10	11
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	1.4 SE	3.0 S	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	17	16	15	15	18	15	16	13	12	12	10	11	10	9	15	7	7	9	12	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	5	6	11	12	9	15	9	14	-	11	10	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	7	8	-	9	10	-	8

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	15	17	15	16	14	13	13	12	12
Energy	2345	2096	1650	1347	1150	1270	1321	1371	4139	818	1175	3199	5179	4104	2009	3105	1302	2107	1728	1485	1214	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:53PM 1.67				2:11AM 1.63				2:44PM 1.82				2:57AM 1.60				2:43PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	7:37AM 0.23				8:02PM 0.31				8:17AM 0.30				8:45PM 0.38								8:53PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	9	11	9	13	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	11	13	11	11	10	10	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	8	13	12	10	10	8
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	15	17	15	16	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 27																	Thursday 28
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.3 SE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	14	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Energy	4855	1055	2345	2345	2121	2096	3177	3177	1650	1552	1364	1347	1331	1314	1150	1151	1138	1270	1287	1304	1321	1338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)								1:14PM 1.76													2:11AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	6:37AM 0.27	7:41AM 0.25													8:02PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	8	9	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.3 SE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	14	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	18	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-