Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fields today (11 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fields at 9PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
| Evening (11 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | SSE 10 | SSE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 176 | 174 | 227 | 295 | 988 | 643 | 1785 | 2503 | 2716 | 2329 | 1896 | 635 | 422 | 459 | 195 | 361 | 320 | 281 | 260 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:31PM1.90m | 4:55AM1.82m | 5:21PM1.86m | 5:46AM1.80m | 6:11PM1.80m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:49PM0.08m | 11:11AM0.07m | 11:40PM0.10m | 12:03PM0.12m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | S 11 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
| kJ | 176 | 174 | 227 | 295 | 988 | 275 | 1785 | 2503 | 2716 | 2329 | 1896 | 276 | 260 | 197 | 195 | 361 | 320 | 281 | 260 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | NE 8 | S 5 | ENE 8 | SSE 16 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 |
| kJ | 10 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 643 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 635 | 422 | 459 | 166 | 155 | 151 | 104 | 100 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | ENE 4 | E 7 | NE 6 | E 7 | ENE 13 | E 7 | NE 7 | — | — | — | NE 3 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | SSE 13 | ENE 12 | SSE 13 | NE 12 | SSE 13 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 16 | 95 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 17 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | S 3 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 2 | N 3 | NNE 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 2 | 5 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 27 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 259 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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