The Fences Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.86° S 174.69° E

The Fences 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fences sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at The Fences today (11 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 11PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)--
Afternoon (11 Nov)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (11 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
6
2
WNW
6
1.9
WNW
7
2.2
W
7
2.2
W
7
2
W
8
1.6
W
8
1.3
W
7
1.3
W
7
1.4
W
6
1.9
W
7
2
W
7
2
W
7
1.8
W
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
469
513
416
344
306
284
273
376
230
291
342
482
521
441
283
183
172
158
357
431
419
303
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:06AM2.37m
12:24PM2.41m
00:40AM2.29m
12:58PM2.32m
1:15AM2.18m
Low Tide
6:07AM0.28m
6:28PM0.34m
6:39AM0.36m
7:02PM0.43m
thunderstorm
rain showers
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:56
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 mm
1
1
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Temp °C
20
17
15
15
14
13
17
18
18
16
14
13
13
12
15
16
16
14
13
12
11
12
Feels °C
17
13
12
12
11
10
13
13
13
11
10
9
9
8
11
12
12
10
9
8
7
8
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