Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 15 Apr 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 6PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
SSE
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212121212111199991313101099999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10713813613613497908513815416218054763232427621116912910199735439
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
SW
10
NE
30
NW
15
NNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
15
W
30
WNW
35
W
40
WNW
25
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset--5:54-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121516151414131113151514119991217181717171717
Feels °C (?)8131481075656688666913131212121313
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