Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 Apr 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 11AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)151413121212121111111110101055561616161566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4726354653202992181711071057864403819283539361039798604444
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
1.71
6:44PM
1.72
7:05AM
1.66
7:30PM
1.70
7:52AM
1.62
8:17PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
0.22
1:01AM
0.25
1:20PM
0.26
1:49AM
0.29
2:06PM
0.30
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise--7:45-------7:46-------7:47-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415212320171617171914131211111212121213131312
Feels °C (?)1212141818131110131314989891111111011111211
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