Fields Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fields sea temperature is
9.9° C
0.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 11AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, near gales from the NW by Sat night).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
16
0.9
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
204
165
151
130
127
181
179
175
169
215
346
235
142
130
123
119
119
88
88
82
57
56
38
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
0
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
NW
40
NW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:41AM1.64m
11:03PM1.56m
11:33AM1.62m
11:54PM1.53m
12:23PM1.62m
Low Tide
4:23AM0.30m
4:54PM0.37m
5:12AM0.35m
5:44PM0.41m
5:59AM0.38m
6:33PM0.43m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:13
7:13
7:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:49
5:50
 mm
Temp °C
7
8
9
9
10
8
8
7
7
6
7
10
11
10
8
6
7
8
9
14
14
13
14
Feels °C
5
6
7
7
7
5
5
5
4
3
4
6
6
6
4
2
1
2
2
7
7
4
8
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