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The Fences surf break

The Fences surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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The Fences surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Fences sea temperature is
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Fences today?

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 12PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)891111111110891011111167777766999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1520149518701458121297233830734926039644863925632733927925422910842414138
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
1.86
5:32PM
1.84
6:15AM
1.79
6:42PM
1.78
7:29AM
1.80
7:57PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.86
11:53PM
0.83
12:33PM
0.93
1:12AM
0.86
1:54PM
0.90
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:05-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:51-------8:51-------8:51--
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-3----------------334334
Temp. °C201718181817141211111820181615131214131314141515
Feels °C (?)151413131414121099151614121210911111214141516
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