Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10AM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.1
E
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2
E
2
E
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.9
ENE
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)9669788899999910101112121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14422828618533654070712491352617632560586517589739114419212154198516291444966755
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
5
ENE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.46
12:06AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
0.43
5:43PM
0.41
6:18AM
0.40
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:00------5:58---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------121---------
Temp. °C111113171815141414151618151515151413151918191616
Feels °C (?)88101313101011111212141215141310913181714129
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