The Fences surf break

The Fences surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 04 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Fences today?

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 4PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (04 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
S
0.8
S
0.4
NW
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.9
SE
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)111110101111111212121111111010101010105594414144141414141615141414141313131414910109981010992019191817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1981462303153744444895855915244073732882802191792052031791238662595039305829282522383552533736343120323628647870616673719298136209248317426535532586
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
SSE
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
0
NW
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
1.86
5:03AM
1.87
5:43PM
1.84
6:06AM
1.85
6:46PM
1.88
7:09AM
1.89
7:45PM
1.96
8:06AM
1.97
8:35PM
2.07
8:55AM
2.07
9:20PM
2.19
9:39AM
2.18
10:01PM
2.30
10:19AM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.73
10:50PM
0.84
11:28AM
0.77
12:00AM
0.85
12:33PM
0.76
1:06AM
0.81
1:32PM
0.70
2:03AM
0.72
2:24PM
0.62
2:52AM
0.60
3:10PM
0.51
3:35AM
0.49
3:51PM
0.40
4:16AM
0.38
4:30PM
0.31
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sunrise7:43-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:41---
Sunset--5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:08-------5:09-------5:10-------5:10-------5:12-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C16171716161514131314131211111110101111987666910987767101197766610121110101010121616141212111212161613
Feels °C (?)13141313141313131312108667656743211045443323564233337109777710141412101091011151612
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