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

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating	2	2	0	4	5	4	4	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	2.3 S	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	13	12	12	15	19	17	16	14	13	13	16	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	49	83	20	1253	1170	569	566	3513	5270	940	1240	1642	2182	1324	1923	1121	263	898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:53PM	10:17AM		10:05PM 9:09PM	10:30AM		11:42PM	12:00PM	12:05PM	12:29AM		12:22PM	12:50AM		1:57PM	1:43AM 9:33AM		2:11PM
Low Tide / height (m)		4:17AM	3:46PM		4:25AM	4:40PM		5:51AM		6:09PM	6:44AM 4:07AM		6:31PM	7:44AM		7:27PM	7:55AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	11	11	12	10	12	11	9	11	11	10	12	12	10	11	12
Low °C	10	13	10	9	9	12	9	9	10	7	8	10	10	9	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	9	8	10	11	8	10	10	9	11	11	9	11	11	9	9	12
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	2.3 S	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 S
Period (s)	8	7	6	13	12	12	9	19	17	16	14	13	13	16	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	12	16	15	7	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	-	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	2	2	2	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	2	-

	Wednesday 01	Thursday 02	Friday 03
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	50	49	94	96	83	59	20	401	527	1253	1427	1342	1170	579	569	767	671	566
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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)		9:53PM 1.84				9:33AM 1.61				10:39PM 1.89				11:11AM 1.60				11:01PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)				3:33AM 0.38				4:20PM 0.32				4:25AM 0.32				4:40PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	12	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	11	12	13	9	11	10	7	6	7	7	8	11	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	10	7	9	9	8	12	6	18	16	16	15	15	7	7	17	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.4 WSW	-	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	2	2	-	3	2	3	2	3	3	7	7	7	7	3	-	7	8	-