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.

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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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	Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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 - 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 - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach 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 - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.1 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	7	9	8	10	10	16	15	13	13	12	14	14
Energy(?)	1356	1139	1310	871	804	490	386	356	47	267	181	40	929	1763	1048	667	2051	711	813	537	501	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:33PM 8:04AM	10:04AM 9:17AM		9:45PM	10:07AM		10:35PM	10:57AM		11:25PM	11:47AM	12:21PM	12:14AM 8:56PM	9:33PM	12:38PM	1:05AM		1:00PM	12:52AM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:21PM	2:59AM	4:02AM	4:09PM		4:05AM	4:15PM	2:39PM	4:52AM	5:04PM		5:39AM			7:01AM		6:46PM	6:43AM		7:04PM 11:42PM	6:45AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	17	15	13	12	12	12	13	14	12	10	11	9	10	10	10	12	12	13	19
Low °C	16	18	16	16	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	9	8	9	8	8	11	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	17	15	12	10	10	11	13	14	12	7	9	7	10	8	7	10	10	12	18
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	2.4 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	13	10	9	15	13	13	12	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 SE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	12	11	16	14	13	6	9	7	7	15	19	17	16	11	8	11	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	4	6	5	4	7	7	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields 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	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1356	589	1139	1079	1107	1310	923	1129	871	871	804	703	641	490	450	386	386	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:04AM 1.49									9:18AM 1.49				10:21PM 1.74				10:07AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			2:21PM 0.52	3:27PM 0.48				3:18AM 0.51				3:27PM 0.48				4:38AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	4	6	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	19	17	18	16	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	17	18	16	17	17	17	16	15	13	11	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	18	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	17	15	16	15	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	10	9	9	10	-	10	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	6	6	5