Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 12AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)1045556161616166661010101010667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3824393639456799989445433234335655169110167247303472444
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
NNE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
1.70
7:52AM
1.62
8:17PM
1.68
8:40AM
1.58
9:06PM
1.66
9:29AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.26
1:49AM
0.29
2:06PM
0.30
2:37AM
0.33
2:52PM
0.34
3:26AM
0.37
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:47-------7:48-------7:48-
Sunset-7:14-------7:13-------7:10------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312121212121213121212121212131514141313131416
Feels °C (?)1199101010101011101111111112121412121111111110
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