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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	Sat		Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	9	7	8	8	12	13	13	12	11	7	7	9	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	26	31	56	258	176	20	326	567	421	372	226	201	143	151	128	104	163	271	67	46	77	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:27PM 1.69	10:39AM 1.75		10:22PM 1.64	11:32AM 1.69		11:55PM 1.73	12:20PM 1.52		12:13AM 1.62	12:34PM 1.54		1:39AM 1.59		1:23PM 1.56	2:33AM 1.74		2:09PM 1.58	2:22AM 1.73		2:37PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40AM 0.37	4:29AM 0.34	4:53PM 0.27		5:20AM 0.41	5:42PM 0.39		6:09AM 0.41	5:46PM 0.46		6:19AM 0.52	6:35PM 0.47	7:15PM 0.40	7:09AM 0.52		8:04PM 0.45	7:57AM 0.50		7:52PM 0.43	8:42AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	13	13	14	17	16	15	16	19	19	20	19	16	20	18	20	22	20	14	16	17
Low °C	18	13	13	13	12	14	16	14	16	18	17	19	18	15	18	18	19	21	18	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	17	12	12	13	17	16	14	15	19	19	20	19	16	20	18	20	22	20	13	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	4	9	7	8	4	12	13	13	12	6	7	7	7	8	10	7	7	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	10	14	10	9	8	8	8	8	12	11	11	9	9	10	11	9	9	8	8	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	2	4	5	-	3	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	5	3	3	5	4

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	7	9	7	7	8	9	8	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	140	155	40	43	108	26	56	276	94	222	196	176	179	77	281	274	35	350	419	567	508	456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	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)				10:15PM 1.55				10:29AM 1.77				10:22PM 1.64				10:44AM 1.59				10:59PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)					3:40AM 0.37	4:29AM 0.34				4:05PM 0.37				5:18AM 0.37				4:56PM 0.42				5:07AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	14	15	17	15	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	19	16	17	16	15	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	15	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	10	14	7	7	8	9	8	12	12	8	12	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	12	6	3	13	6	14	13	14	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	13	8	8	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 SW	0.6 S	1.3 S	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	4	4	4	3	5	7	9	-	-	3	3	4	-	4	4	3	3	3	4	4

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory 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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	3	3	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	10	5	5	6	6	6
Energy(?)	147	143	86	27	78	27	27	177	28	168	167	166	167	28	199	197	26	192	204	238	292	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					9:50AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)															3:40AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	19	18	19	18	15	18	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	19	18	19	18	15	18	16	16	16	16	13	14	12	12	9	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	4	6	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	10	4	13	14	14	12	6	12	13	13	13	6	13	13	6	6	6	10	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	3	5	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	6