Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fields sea temperature is
13.6°C
2.4° 

Fields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fields today (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 12AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (31 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 5°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Sun morning).

Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
3
3
2
5
4
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
17
0.8
SSE
16
3
S
9
3
S
10
2.4
S
10
3
S
11
3.5
S
12
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
243
291
1531
2032
1048
2335
2749
858
667
561
419
372
308
251
176
137
105
96
69
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
40
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
35
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
9:00PM1.76m
9:32AM1.94m
9:59PM1.75m
10:31AM1.92m
Low Tide
3:15AM0.08m
3:56PM0.11m
4:13AM0.08m
4:54PM0.11m
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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6:13
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6:11
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8:07
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8:08
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 mm
2
3
1
1
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Temp °C
11
8
7
6
6
5
9
11
11
9
7
7
7
7
12
19
21
18
15
Feels °C
6
-1
1
-2
-1
0
3
5
6
3
1
2
3
4
9
15
13
12
9
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