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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	11	11	12	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	12	11	10
Energy(?)	427	220	388	392	1485	3552	1198	1608	1247	668	522	383	1387	1030	845	915	1921	2615	1197	511	313	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:15PM	10:48AM		10:36PM	10:47AM		11:31PM	11:55AM		12:23AM		1:27PM	1:45AM		2:03PM	2:30AM 10:44AM		2:50PM	1:42AM		1:46PM	1:58AM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:31AM	5:09PM		4:27AM	5:02PM		5:35AM	6:07PM 3:50AM		6:59AM		7:28PM	7:46AM		8:11PM	7:36AM			8:41AM	6:54PM	2:11PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	12
High °C	11	13	12	10	11	11	10	12	13	14	18	17	15	16	16	14	9	9	11	14	15	9
Low °C	9	11	11	9	9	10	8	11	12	12	16	16	14	16	15	11	9	9	9	12	13	7
Chill °C (?)	8	12	10	8	9	11	9	10	11	13	18	17	15	16	15	13	6	8	8	13	14	5
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	11	11	10	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	12	9	10	5	10	10	9	10	5	6	9	5	5	11	11	12	12	10	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	-	-	0.4 N	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	-	0.7 SE	2.4 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	12	-	-	-	4	5	-	6	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	-	4	10

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	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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	7	8	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	15
Energy(?)	498	427	269	221	220	238	388	308	290	392	828	1180	1485	1841	3552	3617	3071	1198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 1.67			9:51AM 1.83					10:36PM 1.67				11:38AM 1.88				12:09AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)								4:28PM 0.31				5:27AM 0.30				5:53PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	9	9	11	13	12	11	9	10	10	11	9	11	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	8	11	12	10	10	7	8	9	11	7	9	11	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	7	8	7	8	11	10	10	11	12	10	10	12	16	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	5	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	12	12	-	-	-	-	-