Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 20 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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 6PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
S
1.1
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010109910998866998757988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)308180130116143111180256262173127714955492625282860312348200153
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
35
W
30
SSE
5
E
0
NE
5
S
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NNW
25
NW
5
NNW
15
NNW
30
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.76
7:53PM
1.69
8:18AM
1.74
8:44PM
1.71
9:09AM
1.72
9:38PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.20
2:09AM
0.18
2:38PM
0.19
3:02AM
0.19
3:29PM
0.18
3:57AM
0.21
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset---8:28-------8:25-------8:24----
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--13--------------------
Temp. °C192014131413121113151616161615151719201715151413
Feels °C (?)161391214111081010911111113111115171311131312
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