Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 12 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

12.9°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 9PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s
Evening (02 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, calm by Tue night).
	Mon 2					Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	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	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SE 12	SE 12	S 16	SE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	23	22	14	14	14	6	5	5	10	24	21	20	20	47	93	93	94	99	142	86	67	58	50	40
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		11:31AM1.89m				00:00AM1.74m				12:29PM1.86m				00:59AM1.73m					1:26PM1.83m				1:55AM1.73m
Low Tide				5:52PM0.12m				6:10AM0.11m				6:48PM0.12m					7:08AM0.13m				7:42PM0.13m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—
	—	—	—	8:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—	—	—	8:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	18	17	18	18	16	16	17	17	13	12	11	11	10	11	14	16	17	17	15	15	15	15
Feels °C	12	12	11	8	12	14	14	13	15	15	11	11	10	10	9	10	13	14	14	16	15	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 8	NE 8	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	SSE 16	ESE 5	SE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	10	10	6	3	18	24	10	5	3	3	3	6	12	15	19	15	11	15	142	13	11	21	28	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SSE 16	SSE 15	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SE 5	SSE 15	SSE 14	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 11
kJ	16	22	14	14	14	6	5	5	5	24	21	15	15	14	93	93	94	99	11	86	67	12	6	40
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SSE 9	S 8	NE 8	S 8	S 8	NE 8	S 16	SE 16	SE 11	NE 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 16	NE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 14	E 14	ENE 6	NE 6	SSE 13	SSE 12	SE 5
kJ	23	7	6	3	1	1	3	5	10	5	2	20	20	47	7	4	4	4	4	3	9	58	50	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NW 3	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	—	SSW 2	SSE 2	SSE 4	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 3	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	4	21	22	11	5	3	1	—	1	1	17	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	69	98	87	87	84	59	70	68	68	169	239	94	94	0	0	0	80	81	69	69	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)					1	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4

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