Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 8PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.7
S
2.1
S
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
ESE
2.3
ESE
3
SE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)810101010101067788888899991010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58107183190154114861984025887797897787718051136119197410941055832112814331099
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
45
SSE
45
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
1.94
6:35AM
1.81
7:06PM
1.97
7:33AM
1.80
8:05PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
0.06
12:32AM
0.08
12:51PM
0.05
1:30AM
0.08
1:49PM
0.05
2:29AM
0.09
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset--5:49-------5:46-------5:45-----
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------3122---11111111111
Temp. °C12151411111111111111109888789999777
Feels °C (?)10138545534110-101011112000
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