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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	Sun	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29
	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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	426	232	115	55	99	55	70	124	222	265	59	41	46	54	247	201	211	509	636	487	653	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:32PM	11:12AM		11:42PM 10:50PM	12:02PM		12:16AM	12:50PM	1:34PM	2:05AM		2:21PM	2:06AM		3:01PM	2:50AM	11:12AM	3:05PM	2:01AM		2:51PM	2:31AM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:54AM	5:25PM		5:44AM	6:55PM		6:32AM		7:40PM	8:05AM 5:40AM		7:39PM	8:53AM		8:23PM	8:55AM			10:04AM	6:36PM	1:52PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	17	18	20	16	17	18	15	18	17	16	19	19	16	16	16	12	15	15	12	15	15	14
Low °C	15	18	18	15	17	18	15	18	17	15	17	19	14	13	14	9	13	14	12	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	16	17	18	15	18	16	16	19	19	15	15	15	11	14	15	11	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	1.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 E	0.9 SE	0.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.1 S	1.8 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	12	8	6	10	7	12	12	7	6	11	9	9	16	8	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	6	14	11	12	10	10	14	12	12	12	12	7	11	9	7	7	15	6	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 SE	-	1.0 E	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.6 W
Period (s)	2	3	-	-	-	9	3	6	6	6	6	6	2	3	7	-	9	9	8	8	8	3

	Sun	Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	235	426	311	251	232	74	115	154	53	55	55	55	99	103	55	115	106	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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
High Tide / height (m)		10:50PM 1.60				11:57AM 1.73				12:28AM 1.65				12:46PM 1.68				12:33AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				4:54AM 0.41				5:25PM 0.39				6:28AM 0.44				6:11PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	16	18	20	20	17	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	18	20	20	17	16	14	14	15	17	18	18	17	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	11	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	2	2	2	2	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	2	3	3