The Fences Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.86° S 174.69° E

The Fences 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fences sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.6° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 6PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
WSW
15
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
SW
12
0.3
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.3
WSW
12
0.4
WNW
6
0.7
NW
6
0.8
WNW
7
0.7
WNW
7
0.9
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
8
0.8
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
76
61
85
82
79
75
71
69
68
67
65
63
39
29
14
28
15
42
57
38
119
99
90
76
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
S
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
WSW
10
SW
0
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
N
5
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:08PM2.06m
7:48AM2.02m
8:10PM2.16m
8:42AM2.16m
8:59PM2.27m
Low Tide
1:13PM0.71m
1:54AM0.54m
2:15PM0.58m
2:44AM0.42m
3:03PM0.45m
3:25AM0.31m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
18
20
18
16
15
14
14
14
19
20
19
18
17
18
18
18
19
22
23
21
18
17
17
17
Feels °C
17
18
17
15
15
13
13
13
19
19
18
19
16
17
17
17
18
20
21
21
18
17
17
18
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