Mount Maunganui's Matt Hewitt has made his mark on the first day of the Go Pro Men's Canterbury Surfing Championships being held at North Beach, Christchurch yesterday.

He clocked up a 16.83 point heat total in his first match up.

Matt Hewitt in action. Photo: supplied.

A spectacular sunrise greeted 140 entrants on day one of the Go Pro Men's Canterbury Championships held yesterday, organisers say.

The quarterfinalists in the premier Fussion Solutions Open Men's Division were determined during a big day of surfing that saw competitors going head-to-head through until the sun had well and truly set.

As forecasted, the surf remained small all day, well under the 1.0m mark. However the outgoing tide early in the morning produced some nice waves before the northerly kicked in during the mean's heats.

Mount Maunganui surfer Matt Hewitt notching up a 16.83 point heat total using the northerly to his advantage completing a couple of nice airs on his waves.

The three-day event takes place from Saturday through until Monday (23rd – 25th April) along the Christchurch coastline and is sanctioned by both Surfing New Zealand and the South Island Surfing Association making for a high calibre field of surfers from around New Zealand.

The results for day one:

Open Men's Division Round of 40

Heat 1

Johnny Wardrop (ChCh), 7.80, 1, Willy Newman (Chch), 7.00, 2, Ryan Robertson (Chch), 4.10, 3

Heat 3

Levi O'Connor (Kaik), 10.50, 1, Max Marshall (Chch), 7.80, 2, Jai Forsyth (Chch), 5.50, 3

Heat 4

Cody Mccusker (Chch), 10.00, 1, Conor Mclennan, 9.03, 2, Matthew Adams (Chch), 5.90, 3

Open Men's Division Round of 32

Heat 1

Myka Black (Chch), 9.50, 1, Johnny Wardrop (ChCh), 9.07, 2, John Klevstul (Muriwai), 8.20, 3, Jack Wilson (Chch), 6.90, 4

Heat 2

Matt-Lewis Hewitt (Mnt), 16.80, 1, Willy Newman (Chch), 8.20, 2, Luca Brunotti (Dun), 8.10, 3, Moss Thompson (Chch), 7.10, 4

Heat 3

Zen Wallis (Piha), 12.5, 1, Taylor Hutchison (Rag), 8.33, 2, Max Cooke (Chch), 6.03, 3, Alex Casey (Chch), 5.8, 4

Heat 4

Maz Quinn (Gis), 12.80, 1, Anthony Hema (Wesport), 8.07, 2, Ross Dalkie (Chch), 5.60, 3, Hugh Ritchie (ChCh), 5.30, 4

Heat 5

JC Susan (Dun), 11.50, 1, Levi O'Connor (Kaik), 11.23, 2, Rowan Klevstul (Auck), 9.03, 3, Josh Thickpenny (Dun), 6.70, 4

Heat 6

Daniel Farr (Tara), 9.97, 1, Max Marshall (Chch), 7.9, 2, Ben Rees (Chch), 7.53, 3, Cody McClatchy (Chch), 3.1, 4

Heat 7

Harrison Whiteside (ChCh), 11.90, 1, Cody McCusker (Chch), 8.60, 2, Nick Tuhikarama (Chch), 7.00, 3, Stephen Lee (Bull), 7.00, 3

Heat 8

Conor Mclennan, 7.37, 1, Sam Sands (Chch), 7.30, 2, Ethan Burge (Wgtn), 6.20, 3, Jonty White (Chch), 3.30, 4

Under 17 Boys Division Round of 24

Heat 1

Jai Oakley (Chch), 8.2, 1, Maddy Barclay (Oamaru), 8.17, 2, Reuben Lyons (Kaik), 3.8, 3

Heat 2

Mitch Cameron (Chch), 8.5, 1, Jamie Horsefield (Chch), 7.6, 2, Josh McCaffrey (Chch), 5.7, 3, Seb Hudson (Chch), 3.5, 4

Heat 3

Ruben Peyroux (Dun), 10.4, 1, James Millar (Chch), 5.13, 2, Dara O'Malley (Chch), 3.6, 3

Heat 4

Thomas Harcourt (Chch), 7.53, 1, Angus Mossman (Chch), 7.17, 2, Mac McKenzie (Chch), 4.93, 3

Under 17 Boys Division Round of 16

Heat 1

Elliot Brown (Dun), 15.5, 1, Neko Tohiariki (Chch), 8.17, 2, Jai Oakley (Chch), 7.37, 3, Jamie Horsefield (Chch), 5.27, 4

Heat 2

Daniel Farr (Tara), 10.9, 1, Maddy Barclay (Oamaru), 6.3, 2, Jack McLeod (Dun), 5.8, 3, Mitch Cameron (Chch), 3.9, 4

Heat 3

Myka Black (Chch), 10.9, 1, Ruben Peyroux (Dun), 8.6, 2, Samuel Sands (ChCh), 7.8, 3, Angus Mossman (Chch), 5.3, 4

Heat 4

Connor McLennan (Chch), 9.1, 1, James Murphy (Dun), 8.1, 2, Thomas Harcourt (Chch), 7.3, 3, James Millar (Chch), 4.2, 4

Under 14 Boys Division Round of 18

Heat 1

Brooklyn Ward (Chch), 6.77, 1, Tom Jones (Chch), 4.03, 2, Charlie Owens (Chch), 2.47, 3, Jack McKenzie (Chch), 1.03, 4

Under 14 Boys Division Round of 16

Heat 1

Josh McCaffry (Chch), 6.9, 1, Maddy Barclay (Oamaru), 6.1, 2, Koby Cameron (Chch), 3.6, 3, Jahmal Hansen (Chch), 3.3, 4

Heat 2

Myka Black (Chch), 11.3, 1, James Millar (Dun), 5.2, 2, Tom Jones (Chch), 3.7, 3, Seb Hudson (Chch), 2.6, 4

Heat 3

Ruben Peyroux (Dun), 10.1, 1, Dara O'Malley (Chch), 4.6, 2, Henry Mossman (Chch), 3.4, 3, Brooklyn Ward (Chch), 2.9, 4

Heat 4

Neko Tohiariki (Chch), 10.1, 1, Jai Oakley (Chch), 9.9, 2, Ben Chittock (Chch), 2.8, 3, Reuben Lyons (Kaik), 1.9, 4

Over 28 Men's Division Round of 16

Heat 1

Josh Thickpenny (Dun), 13.1, 1, Jonny Wardrop (Chch), 12.5, 2, Jamie Clyne (Chch), 7.73, 3, Stephen Lee (Bul), 7.7, 4

Heat 2

Mike Oakley (Chch), 11.5, 1, Anthony Hema (Bil), 7.5, 2, Alan Te Moananui (Kaik), 6.2, 3, Matthew Adams (Westport), 2.8, 4

Heat 3

Willy Newman (Chch, 9.5, 1, John Klevstul (Auck), 8.2, 2, Ross Balkie (Chch), 5.4, 3, Dave Lynons (Kaik), 3.3, 4

Heat 4

Nick Black (Chch), 15.8, 1, Ben Rees (Chch), 8.7, 2, Rowan Klevstul (Auck), 6.6, 3, Alex Casey (Westport), 4.5, 4