Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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Fox River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fox River sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 6AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s

Table - waves today at Fox River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
1.9
WSW
2.5
W
3.5
NW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1110101010111111111212121212131313981211111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)160618972998346036693957406539883695370031312815247221812059237912361137142910631092125613721845
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
15
NNW
20
N
5
NNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----7:05-------7:07-------7:07---
Sunset-------6:00-------6:00------5:58-
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
35233222111111277720167755
Temp. °C141312121212131312121312121414151516161616161514
Feels °C (?)106344456781111101110121111121314131513
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