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The Fences surf break

The Fences surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 4PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
SSE
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)15151515151414141414131367777712125121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1882562632962842152131151131041379817533931119411761373766565656
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
ESE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
2.40
12:09AM
2.31
12:27PM
2.36
12:44AM
2.25
1:03PM
2.30
1:21AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
0.33
6:14AM
0.33
6:35PM
0.38
6:48AM
0.39
7:12PM
0.44
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50
Sunset---8:22-------8:23-------8:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171917161314131317181816131310111618171615131313
Feels °C (?)1516141513141312161716131010781414131312101111
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