Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.5
S
2
S
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.1
ESE
3.5
SSE
3
SE
3
SE
Period(s) (?)88810101010111067788888889991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3655581351831901541288614434576497090887079886080511251354771183918351476
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
S
20
S
30
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
45
S
45
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.81
6:09PM
1.94
6:35AM
1.81
7:06PM
1.97
7:33AM
1.80
8:05PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
0.06
12:32AM
0.08
12:51PM
0.05
1:30AM
0.08
1:49PM
0.05
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset----5:49-------5:46-------5:45---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------2143221111111-11
Temp. °C1211121514111111111111111098888799999
Feels °C (?)98101310544434211-1-100-110112
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