Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fields sea temperature is
13.2°C
1.9° 

Fields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fields today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 1AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (01 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun morning, strong winds from the NW by Mon morning).

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
11
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
679
572
436
387
328
256
198
169
135
96
71
39
26
26
23
22
22
14
14
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
40
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
9:59PM1.75m
10:31AM1.92m
11:00PM1.74m
11:31AM1.89m
Low Tide
4:13AM0.08m
4:54PM0.11m
5:12AM0.10m
5:52PM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
11
9
7
7
7
7
12
19
22
18
16
15
14
15
18
20
20
19
18
Feels °C
5
3
1
2
3
4
9
16
16
11
10
7
7
8
10
11
14
14
14
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