Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fields today (19 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fields at 3AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (19 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
| Evening (19 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 671 | 546 | 519 | 468 | 498 | 512 | 532 | 435 | 469 | 376 | 229 | 232 | 371 | 171 | 138 | 88 | 117 | 90 | 90 | 86 | 88 | 108 | 110 | 118 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | off | off | off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 11:41PM1.48m | 12:05PM1.59m | 00:28AM1.47m | 12:51PM1.59m | 1:14AM1.48m | 1:36PM1.59m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:44AM0.41m | 6:19PM0.42m | 6:29AM0.41m | 7:03PM0.40m | 7:14AM0.39m | 7:47PM0.37m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:57 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 14 |
| kJ | 671 | 546 | 519 | 468 | 498 | 512 | 532 | 435 | 469 | 376 | 229 | 232 | 371 | 85 | 83 | 82 | 117 | 90 | 90 | 86 | 88 | 108 | 110 | 118 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | ENE 3 | — | E 7 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | E 7 | NE 7 | ENE 3 | S 10 | S 8 | E 10 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | S 10 |
| kJ | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 33 | 2 | 171 | 138 | 88 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 84 | 47 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | — | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 3 | ENE 3 | — | — | NE 10 | E 10 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | E 10 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 46 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 5 | NE 2 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | — | — | — | — | NE 5 | NE 3 | NE 4 |
| kJ | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 47 | 36 | 44 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 81 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fields surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest