Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fields today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fields at 10PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed morning, calm by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
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 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | S 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 54 | 37 | 36 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 49 | 47 | 65 | 58 | 57 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:52PM1.67m | 8:20AM1.70m | 8:44PM1.61m | 9:12AM1.67m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:08AM0.25m | 2:39PM0.30m | 2:57AM0.31m | 3:30PM0.36m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:17 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
Feels °C | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | ESE 10 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ESE 10 | S 3 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | S 6 | S 6 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 |
| kJ | 54 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 56 | 49 | 18 | 18 | 58 | 57 | 38 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 5 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | S 4 | S 6 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | S 6 | NE 8 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 8 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 65 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 12 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 16 | NE 8 | S 15 | SSE 17 |
| kJ | 12 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 30 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | — | NW 3 | — | — | NW 2 | NW 2 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 2 | SW 3 | SSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 4 | S 5 |
| kJ | 31 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 47 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 199 | 87 | 87 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 59 | 68 |
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