Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 16 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
14.7° 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 7AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)131310999998881212121266788881010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4115073422652111621017975553829291414252635621017341194186
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
15
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
1.77
4:22PM
1.82
4:46AM
1.80
5:15PM
1.89
5:39AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
0.16
10:09AM
0.12
10:38PM
0.12
11:00AM
0.08
11:34PM
0.09
11:55AM
0.06
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset------5:52-------5:50-------5:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------14
Temp. °C1210991218181717171614171919171514121012141312
Feels °C (?)976681412121112121215141413121187810107
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