Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 5 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

10.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fields today (16 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed morning, light winds from the NW by Thu night).
	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	ENE 6	SE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	SE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	S 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	37	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	36	49	47	45	58	57	71	46	74	98	183	187	180	166	111
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide			8:20AM1.70m				8:44PM1.61m					9:12AM1.67m				9:36PM1.56m				10:04AM1.64m
Low Tide	2:08AM0.25m				2:39PM0.30m				2:57AM0.31m					3:30PM0.36m				3:46AM0.36m				4:20PM0.40m


	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	9	10	13	15	16	13	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	7	11	13	11	10
Feels °C	4	4	6	7	9	10	7	7	7	4	3	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	3	6	8	8	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 5	ESE 10	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	SE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ENE 5
kJ	25	12	7	10	6	5	5	2	36	49	47	45	58	57	71	46	26	98	183	187	180	166	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 8	SE 8	E 5	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 8	NE 7	NE 8	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 14	SSE 6	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 16	SSE 16	ESE 11
kJ	37	10	10	2	10	10	10	14	2	2	2	9	9	9	38	34	74	25	11	13	86	50	111
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	NNE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 10	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 17	NE 7	ESE 14	ESE 9	SE 9	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 5	S 8	ESE 13
kJ	11	5	5	4	2	2	2	10	24	21	24	25	24	29	9	40	34	22	51	51	5	11	60
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 2	NW 2	NW 2	NW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	SSW 3	SSW 4	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	NE 4	ENE 5	NE 5
kJ	1	2	1	3	3	1	—	—	—	—	6	6	16	49	—	—	—	—	—	3	21	39	48
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	27	68	68	68	68	98	87	70	0	0	27	27	68	68	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	5	9	4	4	5	4	5	8	8
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	9	5	6	5	5	5	8	8

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