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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	0	0	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	0	3	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	4.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	11	10	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	9	8	8	5	6
Energy(?)	1066	1110	1408	1224	1245	951	493	292	63	180	203	182	695	494	374	7599	1556	176	93	62	81	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:53PM 1.58		5:22AM 1.88	5:38PM 1.76		6:02AM 1.75	4:48PM 2.03		5:15AM 2.23	5:40PM 2.04		5:57AM 2.19		7:03PM 1.79	7:28AM 1.82		7:53PM 1.80	8:18AM 1.79		8:48PM 1.80	9:13AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	10:50AM 0.34		11:03PM 0.28	11:36AM 0.32		11:41PM 0.48	12:18PM 0.26		10:56PM 0.52	11:41AM 0.46		1:10AM 0.20	12:27PM 0.45		1:20AM 0.20		1:48PM 0.22	2:13AM 0.23		2:40PM 0.23	3:10AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	8	6	4	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	13	14	14	15	16	15	17	19	17	22	16	13	13	13	13	23	23	19	25
Low °C	11	13	12	12	14	14	14	15	14	17	18	15	19	14	10	12	12	11	18	22	18	21
Chill °C (?)	8	10	9	12	12	12	15	16	14	17	19	17	22	15	12	13	11	11	23	23	19	25
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 S	1.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	11	12	12	11	13	11	9	8	8	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	-	1.3 SE	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	-	8	16	10	10	9	9	8	7	16	8	6	6	9	10	10	4	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 E	-	-	1.5 S	-	4.0 SSW	-	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	3	7	7	8	8	-	-	3	-	12	-	-	6	-	12	-	4	-	4	5	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	2888	5074	2453	1740	1227	940	2055	1341	1224	1263	1107	1415	1208	951	1233	521	493	319	292	257	210	200
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	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	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)				4:57PM 1.73								5:29PM 1.79				5:17AM 1.86				5:33PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		10:50AM 0.34				10:55PM 0.55				10:17AM 0.58				11:00PM 0.21				11:31AM 0.26				11:45PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	5	3	1	2	9	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	14	12	14	13	14	14	14	15	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 SE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.7 S	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	20	9	-	-	-	14	8	14	16	13	15	10	8	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.4 S	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	8	4	4	5	4	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	3	3	3

	Monday 16																Tuesday 17
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield 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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	3.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	3.5 E	1.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2684	2713	1066	1442	2074	1067	4846	1242	901	984	1030	4720	1086	4371	3920	3969	3876	3822	3818	3585	3513	3464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:22PM 2.00													4:37AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)				10:53AM 0.37												10:17PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	1
High °C	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	9	7	11	10	10	10	12	9	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	3.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	3.5 E	1.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	-	1.3 SE	1.4 E	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	20	9	9	9	-	9	12	8	7	7	-	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	2.4 S	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8