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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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	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	8	15	14	11	14	14	15	15	14	13	11	10	9	12	12	14	13	9	13	13	10	14
Energy	1243	1784	886	433	588	608	505	396	298	137	29	132	104	169	111	266	231	39	168	159	23	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:06PM 1.81		3:23AM 1.75	3:48PM 1.81		4:06AM 1.72	4:31PM 1.80		4:49AM 1.68	5:15PM 1.79		5:12AM 1.67	6:00PM 1.76		5:58AM 1.62		6:47PM 1.73	7:08AM 1.57		7:35PM 1.69	7:57AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30AM 0.26		8:56PM 0.29	9:33AM 0.27		10:01PM 0.33	10:16AM 0.30		10:47PM 0.36	10:59AM 0.34		11:33PM 0.39	11:23AM 0.39		11:59PM 0.44		12:10PM 0.43	1:09AM 0.46		1:19PM 0.45	1:57AM 0.48
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	9	11	12	10	13	14	14	14	16	11	13	13	11	13	13	12	13	14	14	14
Low °C	11	8	9	10	9	10	11	13	13	13	13	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	6	10	10	9	13	14	13	13	16	10	13	13	10	13	13	11	12	13	14	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	15	14	11	14	14	15	15	14	13	11	10	9	12	12	14	13	9	7	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	15	15	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	9	9	5	6	13	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30					Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sun
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	10	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	1225	1962	1931	1352	1038	886	625	554	433	609	588	539	537	537	597	582	490	429	396	322	304	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	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)			2:47PM 1.83	3:06PM 1.81				3:23AM 1.75				3:48PM 1.81				3:47AM 1.75				4:31PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)						9:16PM 0.30				9:33AM 0.27				10:01PM 0.33				10:16AM 0.30				10:47PM 0.36
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	5	5	5	5	7	8	10	10	7	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	13	12	12
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	5	5	-	16	9	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30																	Friday 01
	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	8	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy	1006	1225	1243	1225	1962	1962	1962	1794	1784	1760	1541	1352	1311	1180	1143	979	955	886	723	745	625	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										3:06PM 1.81												3:23AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			8:31AM 0.24												8:56PM 0.29
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	7	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	8	7	5	7	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	8	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	13	14	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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