The Fences Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.86° S 174.69° E

The Fences 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fences sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.4° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 1PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
9
0.6
W
9
0.8
W
11
0.8
W
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
11
1.5
W
6
1.8
W
6
1.8
W
6
1.6
W
6
1.7
W
6
2.2
S
6
2.5
S
7
0.9
WSW
19
0.9
WSW
19
1
WSW
19
1.1
WSW
19
1.1
WSW
18
3
W
18
3.5
W
8
4
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
104
87
78
56
149
149
161
126
136
245
255
196
225
342
723
590
572
694
876
830
4970
1398
2584
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
30
S
25
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:29AM2.23m
8:51PM2.44m
9:16AM2.40m
9:34PM2.60m
9:57AM2.54m
Low Tide
2:33AM0.38m
2:49PM0.33m
3:17AM0.18m
3:31PM0.16m
3:55AM0.04m
4:08PM0.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:07
 mm
2
5
1
1
Temp °C
7
6
9
13
13
12
10
8
10
10
12
13
11
9
7
7
7
8
10
12
12
12
12
Feels °C
4
3
6
11
9
9
6
4
6
5
7
9
7
3
1
3
4
6
7
6
6
5
5
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