Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 5AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.3
SE
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.4
NE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)121099887775661056711101010101056
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43951240028318413773513523493617335089556865656567110123
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
S
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
1.74
10:03AM
1.70
10:35PM
1.76
11:01AM
1.69
11:35PM
1.79
12:01PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
0.21
4:22PM
0.18
4:54AM
0.22
5:17PM
0.18
5:53AM
0.22
6:14PM
0.17
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------8:22-------8:22-------8:20
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312111316161615141616151616151312111114161817
Feels °C (?)12101010111211121312131011121312109879111313
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