Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
15.3° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 1AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)1212121111111110101055661616161666661010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)299218171107105786440381940475459103959861474231355757
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44PM
1.72
7:05AM
1.66
7:30PM
1.70
7:52AM
1.62
8:17PM
1.68
8:40AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.25
1:20PM
0.26
1:49AM
0.29
2:06PM
0.30
2:37AM
0.33
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-
Sunset-7:15-------7:14-------7:13------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232017161717191714131212121212121312121212121212
Feels °C (?)1814111013131413991010101011111210111111121211
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