Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 06 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 11PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)--
Afternoon (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
1.3
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.3
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)1099999991716666777777712666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1489290666060415959531126251525256615651413074102128
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NNW
25
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
1.71
8:22AM
1.69
8:49PM
1.68
9:12AM
1.63
9:39PM
1.64
10:02AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.23
2:40PM
0.24
3:06AM
0.29
3:27PM
0.30
3:56AM
0.35
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise------7:13-------7:13-------7:15-
Sunset-8:05-------8:02-------8:01------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C232118171514172019171616161618212322171513121111
Feels °C (?)22201615131216181615161615151820221814106667
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