Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.0°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: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.8
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.8
S
1
S
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121216161515141312121212111111117101010566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)344328317302546597472635465320299218169107105786443381919276480
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
1.73
6:19AM
1.71
6:44PM
1.72
7:05AM
1.66
7:30PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.19
12:13AM
0.22
12:35PM
0.22
1:01AM
0.25
1:20PM
0.26
1:49AM
0.29
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--------7:45-------7:46-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:15-------7:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C141920171615141314202320171617181819181412121212
Feels °C (?)121615131313131213181915121213131415149781010
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