Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 06 May 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
13.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 3PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 May)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (06 May)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Wed afternoon, gales from the NW by Fri night).

Wed
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Sat
9
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
9
0.1
SE
14
0.2
SSE
14
2.2
ENE
9
2.1
ENE
9
1.6
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
130
86
71
42
42
44
45
21
21
20
20
21
109
114
84
88
129
8
21
767
644
395
154
370
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
15
NE
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
35
NE
35
NNE
35
NNW
40
NNW
65
NW
40
WNW
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:57AM1.52m
8:21PM1.65m
8:44AM1.49m
9:08PM1.62m
9:31AM1.46m
9:54PM1.60m
Low Tide
2:06PM0.38m
2:43AM0.40m
2:51PM0.40m
3:28AM0.41m
3:36PM0.41m
4:13AM0.41m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:22
7:24
7:24
7:26
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5:23
5:22
5:22
5:21
1
Temp °C
12
19
21
18
17
15
16
17
16
20
21
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
19
19
17
17
15
14
7
14
17
16
14
12
13
14
12
15
16
17
18
17
17
16
15
15
13
13
9
9
1
5
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
8
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
7
0.4
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.2
SSE
14
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
9
0.1
SE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
2.1
ENE
9
1.6
ENE
9
1
NE
8
1.4
ENE
10
Energy kJ
44
86
71
42
42
17
24
18
10
14
62
21
109
114
84
88
129
8
21
20
644
395
132
370
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
15
0.4
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
5
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
9
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
13
0.9
ENE
10
0.2
SSE
17
Energy kJ
130
19
6
17
17
44
45
21
8
8
20
21
21
21
21
20
2
2
19
18
154
30
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
5
0.3
ENE
5
0.3
ENE
5
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.1
SE
16
0.1
S
13
0.2
S
13
Energy kJ
16
17
5
6
6
8
8
21
20
11
3
13
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WNW
3
0.3
NW
3
0.2
WNW
2
0.4
NE
3
0.6
NNE
3
1
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.2
NE
9
2.1
NE
9
2.2
ENE
9
3
NE
9
0.8
N
4
1.3
NNW
5
0.6
NNW
3
Energy kJ
3
1
1
3
7
116
227
216
643
767
1342
17
71
8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
2
2
1
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
69
94
81
94
93
0
0
0
1
1
211
211
313
98
209
209
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
4
6
5
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
7
9
9
6
6
4
7
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
6
7
8
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