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 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 31			Tuesday 01			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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	15	15	14	16	13	16	16	16
Energy(?)	278	217	114	49	337	309	233	236	202	579	608	225	334	636	644	1263	754	266	704	1388	2241	1789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM	2:09PM	2:37AM		2:57PM	3:24AM		3:46PM		4:13AM	5:21PM		5:40AM	6:07PM 2:42PM		5:56AM	6:25PM			4:30PM	4:26AM
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM	8:48AM		9:05PM	9:37AM	8:01AM	9:57PM	10:27AM		11:36PM	11:57AM		12:26AM	12:12PM		12:25AM	9:44AM		11:14PM 7:10PM	10:01AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	19	16	13	13	14	13	14	16	14	16	12	12	13	13	12	15	14	14	17
Low °C	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	12	13	14	14	15	12	11	12	13	11	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	19	15	12	13	14	13	12	15	12	16	10	11	12	12	11	15	13	13	17
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 NE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	5	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	13	6	15	15	14	16	13	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.9 NE	0.2 ENE	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	7	7	11	5	4	5	6	9	9	6	14	6	9	7	9	9	4	9	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.3 NNE	0.5 W	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	-	3	4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	3	12	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	7

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	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 - 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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	287	278	278	221	217	157	114	114	84	84	49	60	337	348	318	309	242	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 1.80				2:09PM 1.71				2:37AM 1.89				3:31PM 1.89				3:24AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01AM 0.31				8:15PM 0.20				9:29AM 0.20				9:40PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	18	16	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	14	18	15	13	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	4	5	5	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	7	9	11	11	12	5	5	4	4	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	2	2	4	4	-	-	-	-