Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 12 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

13.3°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 4PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 4					Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	ENE 6	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 7	SSE 9	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	93	95	95	72	66	58	52	40	38	34	32	41	28	38	30	35	59	57	46	14	14	14	36	21
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	E	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			1:26PM1.83m				1:55AM1.73m				2:19PM1.79m				2:48AM1.74m				3:10PM1.75m				3:38AM1.74m
Low Tide	7:08AM0.13m				7:42PM0.13m				8:04AM0.16m				8:34PM0.14m				8:58AM0.19m				9:24PM0.16m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—
	—	—	—	8:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:16	—	—	—	8:17
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	18	19	18	17	15	15	15	20	22	20	21	21	19	18	18	23	24	24	22	21	19	17	15
Feels °C	14	15	17	18	17	14	13	13	18	19	18	20	20	17	16	16	19	19	20	20	19	16	15	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SSE 16	ESE 4	E 4	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	11	95	8	9	34	44	40	25	8	34	32	41	47	38	30	35	59	57	46	53	51	54	36	21
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	E 14	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	ENE 6	E 13	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	93	4	95	72	66	58	52	40	38	4	3	31	28	27	27	9	26	15	15	14	14	14	7	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	—	E 14	NE 6	SE 4	SE 4	E 14	E 14	NE 6	E 13	E 10	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	SSE 9	E 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
kJ	4	—	4	6	5	5	4	4	10	4	2	3	3	3	3	26	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 5	NE 3	NE 4	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	ENE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 3	W 3	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	15	3	5	—	—	—	—	—	8	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	81	81	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	81	68	27	0	0	0	20	93	0	27	27	27	0	68
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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