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Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 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
17.3° C
 (Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ENE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)16151474555588777777141398131817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92118743342923163528179844444773628
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
SE
15
E
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
10
NW
35
NW
35
NW
50
NW
65
NW
55
NW
55
NW
40
NW
10
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
1.77
10:49PM
1.66
11:12AM
1.69
11:43PM
1.62
12:04PM
1.62
12:36AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
0.17
4:39PM
0.18
4:59AM
0.25
5:29PM
0.24
5:52AM
0.32
6:18PM
0.29
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:58-------6:00-------6:01------
Sunset-----9:08-------9:07-------9:07--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------22
Temp. °C181924261616141515152325262422212222262726251819
Feels °C (?)131218221213111313131718201820141512131716181813
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