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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	Sat	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 01
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 NE	0.9 S	0.8 NE	0.8 SSE	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	10	5	11	7	5	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	502	502	342	363	275	267	60	195	63	27	414	560	276	248	263	226	133	131	201	242	47	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:55AM	12:59PM		1:27AM		1:44PM 12:40AM	2:27AM		2:43PM	3:11AM		3:27PM	3:40AM		4:13PM		4:42AM	5:47PM	3:44AM		4:01PM	4:09AM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM	6:58PM		7:33AM		8:01PM	8:36AM		8:47PM	9:22AM		9:18PM	9:51AM		10:24PM	10:57AM		9:13PM 11:11AM	10:12AM		9:53PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	15	14	16	16	16	20	21	18	13	15	14	16	16	15	17	19	16	22	23	20
Low °C	13	13	14	13	15	16	13	18	18	14	13	15	13	15	16	14	16	17	15	18	22	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	15	14	16	15	16	20	21	18	13	15	14	16	16	15	16	19	15	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 ENE	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	5	6	7	6	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	14	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	7	13	11	10	10	10	9	13	10	13	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.1 W	-	0.8 SSE	1.8 SSW	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	4	5	3	-	5	8	-	2	-	-	3	4	4	6	4	3	3

	Sat	Sunday 23	Monday 24	Tue
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
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	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	5
Energy(?)	501	502	512	502	502	441	342	410	418	363	296	262	275	251	267	217	165	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:40AM 1.62				12:59PM 1.54	1:13PM 1.54				1:42AM 1.70				1:59PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				6:45AM 0.53					7:14PM 0.43				7:33AM 0.46				8:01PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	12	13	13	14	15	13	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	4	4	5	5