Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
3
ENE
2.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999999999967888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)653561479363315216256212212212176207205144176302144141144245363604979574
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.48
10:33PM
1.59
10:56AM
1.46
11:20PM
1.58
11:42AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.43
4:13PM
0.43
4:48AM
0.44
4:58PM
0.43
5:34AM
0.43
5:43PM
0.41
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:02-------6:00--
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C171719222319151313121415151312121111131718151515
Feels °C (?)141417171712121010912131110888891213111212
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