Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 5 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

11.0° 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 (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 12PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Evening (08 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Wed morning, min 3°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 8							Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	786	725	755	800	734	768	724	755	847	1006	1026	1018	935	1061	1030	1059	961	858	712	680	749	679	476	400
Wind (km/h)	W	SW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide				10:41AM1.58m				11:02PM1.62m				11:34AM1.65m				11:56PM1.64m					12:30PM1.74m
Low Tide		4:30AM0.30m				4:52PM0.32m				5:19AM0.26m				5:47PM0.29m					6:10AM0.21m				6:43PM0.25m


	—	7:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:56	—	—	—	—	—	7:56
	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	7	8	7	5	4
Feels °C	6	7	7	7	4	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	1	3	3	3	1	0
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	786	725	755	800	734	768	724	755	847	1006	1026	1018	935	1061	1030	1059	961	858	712	680	749	679	476	400
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 13	SSE 18	SSE 18	S 17	S 16	SSE 16	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	S 16	S 10	SSE 16	S 6	S 6
kJ	88	70	56	18	61	60	86	129	51	176	94	85	79	205	182	172	170	168	105	131	18	50	22	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SE 18	S 18	—	—	—	—	—	SE 21	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	—	—	—	—	SSE 16	—	SSE 16	S 21	S 9	SSE 20
kJ	38	37	18	13	54	—	—	—	—	—	18	37	37	119	—	—	—	—	86	—	50	9	15	151
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSE 6	SE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	—	SSW 18	SSW 7	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 10	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 9
kJ	—	—	—	44	67	127	241	395	311	311	286	158	99	—	919	63	754	618	211	176	184	41	42	110
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	2	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	20	39	64	55	169	169	55	169	55	58	58	49	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	2	3			3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

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