Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fields today (07 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fields at 10PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (07 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (07 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SW by Mon morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 7 | Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SSE 10 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 339 | 250 | 260 | 222 | 218 | 214 | 198 | 208 | 204 | 168 | 151 | 164 | 184 | 161 | 142 | 117 | 56 | 56 | 76 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 11:39PM1.65m | 12:14PM1.79m | 00:37AM1.69m | 1:12PM1.86m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:52AM0.20m | 6:29PM0.24m | 6:48AM0.14m | 7:28PM0.19m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:36 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SSE 10 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | 339 | 250 | 260 | 222 | 218 | 214 | 198 | 208 | 204 | 168 | 151 | 164 | 184 | 161 | 142 | 117 | 40 | 30 | 44 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | SE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 13 | SE 13 | E 14 | S 19 | SE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | NE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 199 | 212 | 87 | 87 | 64 | 64 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 42 | 113 | 75 | 56 | 56 | 76 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | E 14 | NE 4 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | NE 7 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | ESE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 5 | 40 | 61 | 55 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | ENE 2 | NE 3 | — | NE 7 | NE 7 | — | NW 2 | NW 3 | — |
| kJ | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 147 | 440 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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