The Fences Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.86° S 174.69° E

The Fences 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fences sea temperature is
16.0°C
1.1° 

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 (14 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 12AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Nov)--
Afternoon (14 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (14 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
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
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
7
1.5
W
6
1.8
W
7
1.9
W
7
1.9
W
7
1.6
W
7
1.4
W
7
1.2
W
7
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
14
0.4
S
14
1.1
W
6
1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
1.2
W
6
1.2
W
6
1.5
W
6
1.5
W
6
1.3
W
6
0.9
W
6
1.1
WNW
5
1.2
WNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
150
182
329
388
377
240
173
124
112
100
66
80
71
56
89
92
139
141
105
49
66
72
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:15AM2.18m
1:35PM2.21m
1:54AM2.06m
2:16PM2.10m
2:38AM1.94m
Low Tide
7:14AM0.46m
7:40PM0.54m
7:53AM0.58m
8:23PM0.65m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
14
12
11
10
11
15
18
16
14
12
11
10
11
16
17
18
16
13
12
12
14
Feels °C
12
10
8
8
7
8
12
14
12
11
10
9
7
8
13
13
14
12
10
9
9
10
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