Graveyard Surf

Canterbury, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Known for surfing

Right now

The conditions at the spot at 12:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.5 m) at 9 s going to NW, moderate cross-onshore wind going to WNW

Swell

0.5 m

NW

9 s

Wind

7 km/h

WNW

Cross-onshore

Tide

0.6 m

Falling

Weather

15 °C

Clear

11 °C water

10-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 8 s

N

1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 8 s

N

1 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.3 m

Clear · 12 °C

2 AM

Good

0.6 m · 8 s

NNW

1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.2 m

Clear · 11 °C

3 AM

Good

0.6 m · 8 s

NNW

1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Clear · 10 °C

4 AM

Good

0.5 m · 8 s

NNW

0 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 10 °C

5 AM

Good

0.5 m · 8 s

NNW

0 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 10 °C

6 AM

Good

0.5 m · 8 s

NNW

2 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Clear · 9 °C

7 AM

Good

0.5 m · 8 s

NW

2 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 9 °C

8 AM

Good

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

4 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 13 °C

9 AM

Good

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

2 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Clear · 16 °C

10 AM

Good

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

6 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.2 m

Clear · 15 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

8 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.9 m

Clear · 15 °C

12 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

7 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.6 m

Clear · 15 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

7 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 16 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 9 s

NW

7 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

0.3 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 9 s

WNW

7 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.3 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

4 PM

Good

0.6 m · 9 s

WNW

5 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

0.5 m

Partly cloudy · 15 °C

5 PM

Good

0.6 m · 9 s

WNW

4 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

6 PM

Good

0.6 m · 9 s

WNW

2 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

7 PM

Good

0.5 m · 9 s

WNW

1 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

8 PM

Good

0.5 m · 10 s

WNW

1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 11 °C

9 PM

Good

0.5 m · 10 s

WNW

2 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Overcast · 12 °C

10 PM

Good

0.5 m · 10 s

WNW

3 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Overcast · 12 °C

11 PM

Good

0.5 m · 9 s

WNW

1 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 12 °C