Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 09 Sep 2025 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
13.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 1PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
W
1.6
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
W
4
WSW
4.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)1111111179111010101011111212121414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3592782223633321432236520151835217025554591516761035387476856014990431334712865228818361445
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
35
WNW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
2.96
11:50PM
3.09
12:13PM
2.97
12:33AM
3.04
12:56PM
2.91
1:19AM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
-0.05
6:04AM
-0.12
6:22PM
-0.04
6:47AM
-0.04
7:07PM
0.04
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:16-------6:17-------6:19----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1721113522211-1------
Temp. °C10111191011121111999888888987767
Feels °C (?)78645688821-1-101146654424
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fox River (light winds from the NE at WestportAeroAws 36 km from Fox River). 1.0m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.2m 15s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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36 km away, 1 h 55 min ago

9 km/h
NE
0.0
13.0
Air / Water (°C)
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