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 31			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay 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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.0 S	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	10	18	16	16	15	14	7	12	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	404	232	539	451	280	170	224	1543	1909	1550	828	256	285	517	790	520	688	500	1569	1363	734	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:43AM	6:04PM		6:51AM		7:22PM	7:49AM		8:23PM	8:51AM		9:27PM	9:36AM		10:14PM 5:36AM	10:43AM	6:54PM
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM			12:25AM		1:09PM	1:45AM		2:08PM	2:47AM 11:47PM		2:50PM	3:50AM		4:46PM		4:35AM			10:28AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	14	14	13	16	16	14	15	15	15	18	17	18	18	18	16	13	14	13	15	14
Low °C	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	13	14	15	14	14	17	16	17	18	14	13	14	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	11	13	13	12	16	16	13	14	14	14	18	16	18	18	18	15	11	14	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	0.9 E	1.0 S	1.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	13	10	10	16	16	15	14	7	12	8	15	9	9	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	1.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	9	10	4	5	18	13	13	15	15	13	14	12	11	15	14	6	11	10	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 NE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 NNE	0.9 SW	0.8 S	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	8	14	6	-	-	-	9

	Sunday 30	Monday 31	Tuesday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.8 NE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	18	18
Energy(?)	404	54	67	232	361	317	539	521	451	378	367	280	250	203	170	102	224	492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:56AM 2.02				6:25PM 2.08				6:51AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				11:28PM -0.03				12:12PM -0.02				12:45AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	10	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	14	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	6	13	13	7	9	9	10	9	9	4	4	5	5	5	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	5	12	-	-	-	-	7	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5