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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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.5 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 NE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 NNE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	16	15	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	565	212	330	218	166	185	291	93	194	68	40	78	45	123	82	145	63	276	467	279	56	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:12PM		1:21AM		1:36PM	2:06AM 12:47PM		1:49PM	2:18AM		2:34PM	3:02AM		3:01PM	2:56AM	4:28AM	4:00PM	12:44AM		3:47PM	3:33AM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:16PM		7:21AM		7:38PM	7:36AM		7:49PM	8:05AM		8:35PM 6:16PM	9:10AM		8:32PM	10:41AM		10:06PM	10:41AM		8:13PM	10:50AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	23	15	15	14	15	17	17	16	20	16	15	15	16	13	16	18	17	23	23	16	15
Low °C	17	19	12	14	14	14	16	17	16	18	15	11	13	15	12	15	17	15	20	21	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	23	14	15	13	14	17	17	16	20	15	14	14	15	11	15	18	16	23	23	16	14
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.0 ENE	0.7 S	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 NE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	9	7	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	14	14	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	16	9	7	13	7	15	8	11	8	11	16	15	8	7	9	14	13	13	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.5 ENE	2.0 SSW	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	-	5	5	-	4	4	5	8

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	2.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	9	9	7	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	5	6	8	7
Energy(?)	565	512	212	449	338	330	226	237	218	134	166	154	202	185	66	97	291	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:12PM 1.53								12:46PM 1.53	1:02PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				6:51PM 0.48				6:46AM 0.53					7:03PM 0.47				7:36AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	23	17	15	13	12	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	23	16	14	11	10	10	14	15	13	13	12	12	11	13	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	7	7	7	5	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	8	12	16	16	15	14	9	9	7	13	13	13	8	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	10	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	8	8	8	5	6	6	-