Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 10PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)--
Afternoon (28 Feb)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
4
3
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
4
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.2
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.5
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
2
S
1.8
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)6444111313134610101014141413881212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92019291218343445167861967639577612580581526450229122622061811701
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
SE
40
SSE
10
SSW
15
W
20
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:27AM
1.90
3:49PM
1.76
4:19AM
1.91
4:41PM
1.77
5:09AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
0.10
9:44AM
0.16
10:01PM
0.08
10:37AM
0.14
10:54PM
0.08
11:28AM
0.13
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-
Sunset-8:15-------8:13-------8:12------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------187111111-------
Temp. °C15141212111114151198910889111211101091113
Feels °C (?)1099109911123744200125544468
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