Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 Feb 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 8AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (22 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
0.5
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
NE
0.5
S
0.7
ENE
0.4
SE
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)589999841210998877576104667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6531272543292824271641352232167107694935243328186279106
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
30
NW
20
NW
15
N
25
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
20
NW
30
NW
25
SW
30
SW
15
SSW
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
1.71
9:09AM
1.72
9:38PM
1.74
10:03AM
1.70
10:35PM
1.76
11:01AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.19
3:29PM
0.18
3:57AM
0.21
4:22PM
0.18
4:54AM
0.22
5:17PM
0.18
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------8:24-------8:22-------8:22
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515141719201614121111131616161518181515161614
Feels °C (?)12810111216171313109101112111213131199121210
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