Fields Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fields sea temperature is
10.0° C
0.6° 

Fields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fields today (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 5PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (08 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (08 Aug)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
SE
9
1.1
NE
6
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.8
SSE
9
1.2
S
9
1.8
S
8
1.6
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
208
204
168
168
164
164
145
110
86
80
76
90
88
86
84
83
92
220
378
313
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NW
20
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:14PM1.79m
00:37AM1.69m
1:12PM1.86m
1:35AM1.74m
2:09PM1.93m
Low Tide
6:29PM0.24m
6:48AM0.14m
7:28PM0.19m
7:45AM0.09m
8:26PM0.14m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:30
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:36
5:37
 mm
1
Temp °C
8
11
11
9
9
9
9
9
10
14
16
13
10
9
9
8
10
11
11
9
9
Feels °C
6
9
9
6
6
7
7
6
6
10
11
7
7
5
5
4
5
5
3
4
6
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