Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 173.09° E

Fields 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fields sea temperature is
10.9°C
0.8° 

Fields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fields today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fields at 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Fri morning).

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
15
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
12
0.4
SE
16
0.4
SE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
16
0.4
SE
15
0.4
SE
14
0.4
SE
14
0.4
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
0.9
SSE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
317
202
161
158
104
102
94
91
65
50
77
69
62
47
24
28
50
57
54
48
70
412
519
358
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
35
NW
35
WNW
25
WNW
10
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:51AM1.82m
9:17PM1.70m
9:48AM1.84m
10:15PM1.70m
10:48AM1.85m
Low Tide
2:38AM0.17m
3:14PM0.19m
3:33AM0.16m
4:11PM0.19m
4:30AM0.16m
5:09PM0.19m
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light rain
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Temp °C
8
6
6
9
15
16
15
12
11
10
9
13
18
17
15
13
9
7
8
8
7
10
9
9
Feels °C
5
2
2
6
12
14
13
9
8
7
5
9
10
10
9
10
5
3
5
5
2
4
4
5
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