Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 22 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 2AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010106661615151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16919317217518315115115415412512585816857474944426966616866
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
10
ESE
10
NE
0
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
crossoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
1.85
8:50AM
1.76
9:21PM
1.86
9:48AM
1.74
10:21PM
1.87
10:48AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.13
3:07PM
0.12
3:44AM
0.15
4:04PM
0.13
4:43AM
0.16
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------7:31-------7:33-------7:33-
Sunset-7:37-------7:35-------7:34------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171614131212131616141414141416191917171513121315
Feels °C (?)1514141311111213121011131313141717151713109912
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