Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 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 9PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
SE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1066111110101010566677710710105666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27384457756765656574143132121145102845141333234725483
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
20
SSW
20
SE
15
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
10
N
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
25
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
1.69
11:35PM
1.79
12:01PM
1.69
12:35AM
1.82
1:01PM
1.70
1:35AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.18
5:53AM
0.22
6:14PM
0.17
6:52AM
0.22
7:12PM
0.15
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---8:22-------8:20-------8:17----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------223221
Temp. °C161716141212111114171818191918182122151312111010
Feels °C (?)101211109987811131417161516182012109877
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