Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fields today (12 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 7PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am June 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (12 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (12 Jun)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 12					Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Mon 15
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 13	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 19	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	86	64	64	34	32	21	21	27	31	68	64	57	54	36	34	32	32	32	29	26	43	40	39	37
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	SE	E	NNE	NNE	N	N	W	SW	S	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			1:47PM1.78m				2:09AM1.74m				2:42PM1.89m					3:05AM1.79m				3:38PM1.98m				4:02AM1.83m
Low Tide	7:26AM0.17m				7:59PM0.20m				8:20AM0.11m				8:58PM0.14m					9:17AM0.05m				9:57PM0.09m


	7:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:56
	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	4:58
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	18	17	16	15	15	15
Feels °C	8	9	10	8	7	7	5	5	7	9	10	8	7	8	7	8	8	10	13	12	13	12	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10
kJ	86	64	64	34	32	21	21	21	27	68	64	57	54	36	34	32	32	32	12	12	43	40	39	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 5	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 19	SSE 16	SSE 17	SSE 18	SE 9	SE 10	SSE 16	SSE 16	SE 13	ESE 13
kJ	2	25	24	23	3	4	4	5	31	59	27	27	26	24	34	27	29	30	14	14	25	24	7	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	NE 4	E 15	S 4	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	SE 13	SSE 12	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	—	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 13	SSE 17	SSE 16	ESE 13	E 13	SE 10	SE 16
kJ	25	1	4	1	22	19	17	27	14	1	1	1	—	6	6	6	6	16	29	26	16	3	4	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	WSW 2	SSW 3	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 2	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	68	27	27	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9
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