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The Fences surf Forecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 26 Apr 2024 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 17.1°C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 16.6 °C max: 18.1 °C min: 15.7 °C)
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  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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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 17.1°C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 16.6 °C max: 18.1 °C min: 15.7 °C)


How big are the waves at The Fences today?

The current surf forecast for The Fences at 9AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (26 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (26 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
W
2
W
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.6
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)78788881213141414141414141414141010109912121299111112121414141414141414141413677771616151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)381553524805128812649841866190118861704185816914653842812204673941229090795715710640393966667846415381818080797877791021813422552202201693873142392362331701411399998
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
10
NW
25
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
0
ESE
5
S
5
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
E
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
2.45
11:33PM
2.46
11:49AM
2.40
12:09AM
2.39
12:27PM
2.30
12:49AM
2.29
1:11PM
2.17
1:37AM
2.17
2:06PM
2.03
2:38AM
2.06
3:15PM
1.91
3:52AM
2.00
4:37PM
1.89
5:13AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.21
5:23PM
0.19
5:41AM
0.26
5:56PM
0.27
6:16AM
0.35
6:31PM
0.39
6:56AM
0.47
7:13PM
0.52
7:46AM
0.60
8:08PM
0.66
8:56AM
0.71
9:27PM
0.77
10:33AM
0.73
11:06PM
0.76
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset----5:36-------5:34-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------
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Rain (mm)
-711--------------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C151515141413131311101214141312111110111516141313131213161715141313121316151312121112141514131312111111121311101010101013
Feels °C (?)1212108767777988101099891414121111111011141413141112101215131211111010111198763446877888810

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