- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Fields Surf Forecast
/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
14.7° 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 11AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (17 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Mon 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 342 | 265 | 169 | 132 | 101 | 77 | 75 | 55 | 38 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 26 | 34 | 64 | 82 | 59 | 81 | 160 | 194 | 154 | 78 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:55AM 1.77 | 4:22PM 1.82 | 4:46AM 1.80 | 5:15PM 1.89 | 5:39AM 1.81 | 6:09PM 1.94 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:09AM 0.12 | 10:38PM 0.12 | 11:00AM 0.08 | 11:34PM 0.09 | 11:55AM 0.06 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Mon 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - |
 | |  | |  |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fields surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest