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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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 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			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	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	5	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	4	10	10	8	8	16
Energy	562	1341	539	869	529	204	172	153	360	430	345	52	41	32	311	222	69	3497	2759	774	607	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.78	6:20PM 1.70	5:52AM 1.61			7:25AM 1.52		7:03PM 1.72	7:21AM 1.55		8:34PM 1.75	8:55AM 1.58		9:08PM 1.75	8:51AM 1.51		8:49PM 2.00	10:23AM 1.47		10:00PM 1.65	10:26AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			12:41AM 0.37		12:02PM 0.39	12:18AM 0.45		12:47PM 0.41	1:24AM 0.45		1:32PM 0.42	2:56AM 0.43		3:04PM 0.42			3:48PM 0.42	3:00AM 0.88	4:19AM 0.36	4:22PM 0.43		4:19AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	12	12	12	11	17	16	16	17	16	13	14	13	10	11	9	8	13	14	12	16
Low °C	16	12	11	11	10	10	11	15	14	16	14	12	11	11	8	9	7	6	8	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	13	11	12	11	9	17	15	15	16	15	12	12	10	8	9	5	6	12	14	11	16
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	1.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	9	12	8	8	8	7	9	9	10	12	9	8	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	4	5	12	10	9	11	13	-	12	12	11	12	10	6	7	10	18	17	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 NNE	0.4 NW	-	0.5 SW	1.1 S	-	1.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	4	5	6	8	8	9	3	-	3	6	-	4	10	10	-	8	7

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	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	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	6	9	8
Energy	562	1382	1341	1306	1088	539	611	1144	869	723	529	474	427	204	200	222	172	119	153	229	89	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:34PM 1.78				5:52AM 1.61					6:18PM 1.75				7:25AM 1.52				7:51PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		11:56AM 0.39					12:41AM 0.37				12:02PM 0.39				1:26AM 0.38				12:47PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	11	17	16	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	8	8	9	7	7	9	17	15	13	12	12
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	4	4	5	5	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	-	6	6	-	8

	Tuesday 02																	Wednesday 03
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy	1137	1147	562	634	648	1382	1440	1314	1341	1369	1347	1306	1220	1170	1088	1110	591	539	1022	580	611	1097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:34PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						11:56AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	16	17	16	17	15	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	10	4	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5