Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 6 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

13.2°C

Fields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fields today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 12PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Mon morning, light winds from the SE by Tue night).
	Sunday 1							Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 12	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ENE 8	SE 12	SE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14
Wave Graph
kJ	379	302	232	169	135	96	71	39	26	26	23	22	14	14	14	14	6	5	10	24	21	20	19
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	SW	S	SE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide				10:31AM1.92m				11:00PM1.74m				11:31AM1.89m				00:00AM1.74m				12:29PM1.86m
Low Tide		4:13AM0.08m				4:54PM0.11m				5:12AM0.10m				5:52PM0.12m				6:10AM0.11m				6:48PM0.12m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:13	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	7	7	12	19	22	18	16	14	14	15	17	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	17	11	11	10
Feels °C	3	3	9	16	16	12	10	7	7	9	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	8	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 8	NE 8	SSE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 8	NE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 5	ENE 7	S 4	SSE 4
kJ	379	302	232	169	135	96	65	55	26	9	9	9	9	3	17	24	6	5	5	3	5	9	11
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 7	SSE 10	S 9	ENE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ENE 8	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 16	SSE 15	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	3	4	8	11	27	51	71	39	16	26	16	22	14	14	14	14	6	5	5	24	21	17	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	SE 15	ESE 14	ESE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 12	NE 8	SE 16	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 14	SSE 14
kJ	3	9	19	18	27	27	25	39	23	23	23	15	7	5	1	1	5	3	10	5	5	20	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 4	—	NE 6	—	W 3	W 3	WNW 3	NW 2	NW 2	—	NW 2	NW 3	WNW 3	NW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	—	SSW 3	S 4	—	—
kJ	7	11	—	36	—	2	3	2	1	1	—	1	2	4	2	3	3	2	—	1	7	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	69	69	69	69	87	87	98	84	68	68	68	169	94	94	94
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1						1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4

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