Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Issued: 5 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fields sea temperature is

9.9° 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 (30 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Evening (30 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 4°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Fri night, light winds from the WNW by Sat night).
	Thursday 30							Friday 31								Saturday 1
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	SE 15	SSW 7	S 9	S 10	S 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	303	347	284	228	224	176	173	133	130	125	98	99	96	88	61	497	908	1307	4411	2508	2068	1622	1195
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		4:53AM1.57m				5:18PM1.71m				5:35AM1.56m				6:00PM1.70m					6:18AM1.56m				6:42PM1.68m
Low Tide				11:01AM0.29m				11:36PM0.33m				11:44AM0.28m					00:19AM0.32m				12:28PM0.28m


	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	9	12	15	15	12	12	11	12	10	10	12	12	9	6	5	4	4	4	5	7	7	5
Feels °C	6	4	8	9	9	8	6	6	2	1	3	4	3	2	-8	-6	-5	-3	-4	-3	-1	2	1
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	NE 8	ESE 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 14	ESE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12
kJ	303	347	284	228	224	176	173	80	130	125	98	99	96	88	61	40	81	80	2440	2508	2068	1622	1195
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	NE 8	ESE 11	NE 8	NE 6	ESE 16	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	NE 8	SE 15	E 11	E 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	SE 15	SE 14
kJ	7	57	57	51	25	25	41	133	53	19	25	21	16	24	17	56	20	19	20	9	8	223	350
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	NNE 7	S 16	NE 8	NE 8	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	ENE 9	S 11	ESE 16	ESE 16	SE 15	SE 15	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 18	E 18	E 18	E 10	E 10
kJ	44	18	82	2	2	44	24	21	21	7	2	25	24	58	58	6	8	8	6	6	6	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 2	N 3	N 4	NNW 4	NE 8	NE 8	NE 3	NE 8	NNE 3	NNW 3	NE 6	NW 2	WNW 3	W 4	SW 5	SSW 7	S 9	S 10	S 13	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	11	18	5	38	32	3	192	1	2	31	1	5	16	180	497	908	1307	4411	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fields Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Motunau Beach Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	New Brighton Beach Canterbury	Sumner Bar Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Port Robinson Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	9	6	5	4	2	2	2	4	4
Distance (km)	0	20	20	20	80	1	1	20	69	59	69	98	98	49	169	169	169	169	55	63	58	27	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Lighthouse Reef	Lighthouse Reef	Tuhawaiki Point	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay	Patiti Point	Smithfield	Patiti Point	Lighthouse Reef	Tuhawaiki Point	Kairaki Beach			Smithfield	Tuhawaiki Point	Tuhawaiki Point	Patiti Point	Tuhawaiki Point	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Tuhawaiki Point
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1			5	3	3	3	3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clark Island Coromandel	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	5
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Left Point Australia	Bancoora Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Arrawarra Australia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Nine Mile New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Sky Williams New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Gas Bay Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	6	5	7	6	5	5	6	9

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fields surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Fields today (30 Jul):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

How Our WaveFinder Tool Makes Forecasting Easier Than Ever Before

The Five Best Forecasts For International Surfing Day 2026

Best Surf Travel Deals & Discounts For 2026 To Help Make Surf Travel Cheaper

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website