Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Fields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fields sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 2AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (02 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (02 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
2
3
3
4
4
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
S
1
S
1.8
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2.3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)4661098888888121212121211111110101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47131942165636657987986866255456472254209619121610805650560359231209623665
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
20
S
20
W
25
WSW
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
1.91
4:41PM
1.77
5:09AM
1.89
5:32PM
1.77
5:58AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
0.08
10:37AM
0.14
10:54PM
0.08
11:28AM
0.13
11:46PM
0.09
12:17PM
0.13
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:09-
Sunset-8:13-------8:12-------8:09------
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
29822111211-------------
Temp. °C119891088911119899101213131110991114
Feels °C (?)45431-1-113233344681010977911
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