Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fields today (18 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fields at 10PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Fields. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSE 16 | SW 11 | SSW 6 | S 9 | S 11 | S 14 | S 13 | SSE 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 222 | 204 | 198 | 329 | 385 | 284 | 237 | 172 | 169 | 109 | 82 | 99 | 166 | 242 | 349 | 992 | 3109 | 3925 | 2285 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | off |
High Tide | 10:28PM1.52m | 10:56AM1.62m | 11:19PM1.50m | 11:45AM1.61m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:35AM0.39m | 5:09PM0.42m | 5:22AM0.41m | 5:57PM0.43m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:21 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
Feels °C | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSW 5 | S 9 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 |
| kJ | 222 | 204 | 160 | 166 | 385 | 284 | 123 | 115 | 109 | 109 | 82 | 71 | 70 | 36 | 349 | 47 | 23 | 3030 | 2285 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 16 | S 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | S 14 | S 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 16 | S 6 | ESE 11 | NE 11 | E 11 | ESE 11 | E 11 |
| kJ | 85 | 126 | 198 | 329 | 184 | 161 | 237 | 172 | 169 | 101 | 72 | 38 | 84 | 41 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ESE 13 | E 12 | ENE 3 | E 12 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SSE 16 | NE 6 | ESE 11 | SSE 16 | — | — | — | NE 11 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 6 | 48 | 98 | — | — | — | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 2 | SW 11 | SSW 6 | — | S 11 | S 14 | S 13 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 166 | 242 | — | 992 | 3109 | 3925 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 39 | 39 | 69 | 69 | 29 | 98 | 27 | 27 | 235 | 295 | 49 | 0 |
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