Fields surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fields today?

The current surf forecast for Fields at 5PM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
4
2
3
1
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
E
2.5
ENE
2
E
2.2
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
E
2
E
1.9
ENE
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)987888899999101010111212121211111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13914634655572612896606171093617802473527783769123019541999180614471065932637452
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
10
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.46
12:06AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:43PM
0.41
6:18AM
0.40
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00------5:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131718151414141516181616161514131520201817141414
Feels °C (?)101313101011111113151416161310913161612131198
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