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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	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	8	7	9	14	13	9	4	6	7	11	6
Energy(?)	715	438	116	64	82	124	393	729	168	1336	835	337	93	24	167	726	285	49	232	109	195	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:17AM 1.86	5:33PM 1.76		5:58AM 1.87	6:16PM 1.78		6:42AM 1.85		7:53PM 1.84	8:17AM 1.89		8:43PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.87		9:38PM 1.74	9:13AM 1.75		9:48PM 1.81	10:14AM 1.72		11:35PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 0.21	11:31AM 0.26		11:45PM 0.19	12:14PM 0.23		12:31AM 0.18	1:00PM 0.22		2:12AM 0.20		2:40PM 0.20	3:05AM 0.21		3:31PM 0.20	3:57AM 0.21		4:22PM 0.18		4:09AM 0.29	5:20PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	18	16	22	22	17	19	18	13	13	14	15	18	19	14	15	16	13	21	15	13
Low °C	14	14	17	14	19	20	15	16	14	12	12	13	12	14	17	12	14	15	11	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	15	18	16	22	22	17	19	18	11	12	12	14	18	19	13	15	15	12	21	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	12	9	8	7	4	8	13	9	8	6	7	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	12	8	6	11	14	10	10	9	9	6	14	8	14	14	11	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.4 NE	-	0.7 WNW	-	1.2 N	0.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.7 NNE	1.4 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.8 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	9	3	-	4	-	5	4	8	-	3	6	7	3	-	4	4	6	-	-	6

	Tue	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Le Bons 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	14	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	542	715	692	525	438	382	340	273	242	64	81	75	82	79	90	144	405	506	822	744	332	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:17AM 1.86				5:33PM 1.76				6:46AM 1.91								6:42AM 1.85	7:30AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.21				11:31AM 0.26				12:34AM 0.21					1:05PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	19	22	22	20	16	15	15	15	20	20
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	15	14	14	19	22	22	20	16	14	15	14	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	14	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	12	8	8	8	11	6	6	6	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	7	4	4	3

	Tuesday 17				Wednesday 18
	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	Le Bons 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.7 E	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	529	1093	1041	1041	715	715	713	669	692	160	140	142	142	133	133	308	414	262	374	340	116	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:04AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00PM 0.21													11:31AM 0.26	12:18PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	18	16	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	18	16	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	9	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2