Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 7PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1
E
1
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111010101091010101010101010101010101010666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52444140239433332517118820120516919317217518315114814511712081896670
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NW
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.79
7:30PM
1.82
7:55AM
1.78
8:24PM
1.85
8:50AM
1.76
9:21PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.12
1:49AM
0.13
2:13PM
0.11
2:46AM
0.13
3:07PM
0.12
3:44AM
0.15
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--------7:31-------7:31-------
Sunset---7:38-------7:37-------7:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121414131211111214161715141312121316151414151414
Feels °C (?)111210109991013151513131312121213111112151313
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