Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fields sea temperature is
14.5°C
2.8° 

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 (10 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 12AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)--
Afternoon (10 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (10 Nov)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
9
0.4
S
15
0.3
SSE
15
1
E
5
1.1
E
5
1.3
E
6
1.4
E
6
1.5
E
6
1.7
E
6
1.8
ENE
7
1.8
ENE
7
1.6
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
58
72
42
46
65
110
139
164
221
290
308
243
226
259
245
173
155
174
161
143
101
84
Wind (km/h)
10
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
25
NNW
20
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:58AM1.75m
6:18PM1.63m
6:43AM1.75m
7:04PM1.60m
Low Tide
11:44PM0.24m
12:17PM0.29m
00:30AM0.27m
1:05PM0.31m
1:15AM0.30m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
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6:00
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5:58
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5:58
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8:21
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8:22
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8:23
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 mm
1
1
1
1
1
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Temp °C
11
11
11
11
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
15
19
21
21
20
18
18
17
16
Feels °C
9
9
8
7
8
8
9
9
10
11
13
13
13
13
17
18
18
15
14
15
12
12
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