Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 12AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)12111111101012121211111010101111111111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1438745634359255205658797983858643490501424535596553415350281204163157118
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
S
10
S
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
E
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
1.86
6:21PM
1.76
6:46AM
1.81
7:10PM
1.74
7:34AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
0.09
12:17PM
0.13
12:36AM
0.12
1:06PM
0.15
1:26AM
0.17
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:11-
Sunset-8:09-------8:07-------8:07------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1313111098111314131212121114181817161514131622
Feels °C (?)7998768910981011913161615151412101320
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