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.

Canterbury Surf Forecast

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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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Canterbury Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wed
	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 - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	17	17	15	14	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	9
Energy(?)	287	1116	679	331	220	297	800	992	1203	1553	1460	742	516	944	958	870	625	353	237	62	42	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:31PM	6:28AM		6:54PM 5:43AM	7:15AM		7:42PM	8:04AM		8:33PM	8:35AM		9:22PM	9:32AM		11:17PM			7:29PM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:04AM	12:18PM	12:52AM		12:43PM	1:19AM		1:31PM	2:10AM		2:21PM	2:59AM 11:56AM		2:59PM		3:30AM	3:47PM		8:45AM			7:45AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	8	9
High °C	12	12	13	14	12	12	13	14	15	18	18	19	22	19	15	14	14	14	15	16	14	10
Low °C	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	14	16	18	19	19	17	14	14	14	13	14	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	15	18	18	19	22	19	14	14	14	14	15	16	13	7
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	17	15	14	7	7	8	16	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	14	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	10	10	11	12	16	19	9	15	16	14	13	12	11	15	13	6	6	9	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	-	-	9	5	6	3	7	7	-	5

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	17	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	6	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	326	264	287	774	1116	1068	836	679	515	417	331	257	220	330	293	297	363	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:06AM 1.61				6:08PM 1.69				6:28AM 1.57				6:31PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	12:04AM 0.43			11:56AM 0.44					12:29AM 0.48				12:38PM 0.78				12:42AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	18	17	10	10	9	9	10	9	-	11	10	12	11	11	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	4	8	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8