Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 23 Feb 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 7PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (23 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)887775671012111111101010105666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)184113735133212829272343585550656565741149710311710272
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
S
20
SE
15
E
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
10
N
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
1.70
10:35PM
1.76
11:01AM
1.69
11:35PM
1.79
12:01PM
1.69
12:35AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
0.18
4:54AM
0.22
5:17PM
0.18
5:53AM
0.22
6:14PM
0.17
6:52AM
0.22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:58--------7:00-------
Sunset---8:22-------8:22-------8:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131516161414161616171615131212121417181819171818
Feels °C (?)11111011111213101213121210988912141518151514
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