The Fences Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.86° S 174.69° E

The Fences 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fences sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.2° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 9AM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Afternoon (06 Sep)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (06 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Mon afternoon, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
16
2.3
W
16
1.5
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
16
2.3
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
9
2.1
W
9
1.8
W
9
1.5
W
9
1.2
W
9
1
W
9
0.6
WSW
14
0.7
WNW
10
0.5
WSW
14
0.6
WSW
14
0.7
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1037
1165
2829
1299
798
770
772
976
755
549
383
251
175
140
96
115
149
152
130
112
80
113
109
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
0
ESE
10
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
4:32AM1.88m
5:20PM1.92m
6:08AM1.88m
6:50PM2.03m
7:30AM2.03m
7:59PM2.24m
Low Tide
11:08AM0.83m
00:15AM0.78m
12:53PM0.73m
1:37AM0.60m
2:00PM0.53m
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
2
7
2
4
7
3
3
1
2
1
Temp °C
11
10
13
16
16
14
14
14
15
14
13
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
9
11
12
10
9
Feels °C
7
6
9
12
11
9
10
12
12
15
12
4
2
2
2
2
3
5
7
9
8
7
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Fences surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest