Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 5 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

11.2°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 (25 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Afternoon (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 3°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 25							Saturday 26								Sunday 27
	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	12 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	ESE 14	ESE 15	S 14	ESE 15	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 7	SSE 7	SSW 8	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	91	87	86	85	63	71	94	71	154	141	139	137	135	131	125	121	85	115	113	210	191	485	304
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	W	SE	E	SSW	WNW	N	N	N	NNE	N	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	glassy	on	on	glassy	off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		3:02AM1.58m				3:25PM1.69m				3:45AM1.63m				4:08PM1.71m				4:29AM1.68m				4:52PM1.72m
Low Tide				9:07AM0.27m				9:36PM0.28m				9:53AM0.24m				10:21PM0.24m				10:41AM0.21m


	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	5	1	—	—
Temp °C	8	8	9	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	8	15	16	15	12	12	13	10	6	4	7	7	6
Feels °C	4	5	7	8	8	7	6	6	4	2	3	10	11	11	9	7	9	4	-1	-2	-1	1	2
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 14	S 7	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSE 7	S 8	S 9
kJ	68	50	35	31	33	19	94	27	154	141	139	137	12	23	28	121	85	115	113	79	191	235	304
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	ESE 14	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 12	SSE 7	S 9	SSE 11	S 10	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ENE 6	NE 6	SSE 9	ESE 16	ESE 14	ESE 12	ESE 14	ESE 14
kJ	91	87	86	85	63	71	71	48	18	39	65	50	135	131	125	22	8	27	48	70	78	160	170
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	ESE 12	ESE 15	SSE 13	SSE 11	—	—	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	NE 5	ENE 5	S 16	ESE 14	SE 15	S 21
kJ	2	25	51	17	40	38	47	71	18	25	—	—	48	31	31	31	28	6	2	5	70	9	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 4	—	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	—	NW 2	NW 3	—	S 4	S 7	SW 4	SSW 8	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	2	1	1	2	1	49	48	—	1	2	—	58	210	20	485	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	94	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	0	20	0	29	27	27	58	49	64	55	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	9	6	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	5

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