Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 28 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
16.7° 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 9PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Dec)--
Afternoon (28 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (28 Dec)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111111110101099910129999181816161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)739643632536319260202160125110108103623910613310384104158198269266308
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
30
SSE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
35
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:35PM
2.44
6:14AM
2.36
6:41PM
2.45
7:19AM
2.42
7:50PM
2.50
8:24AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.50
12:24PM
0.58
1:01AM
0.49
1:31PM
0.52
2:06AM
0.45
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Sunrise-----5:58-------6:00-------6:00--
Sunset-9:12-------9:12-------9:12------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------31-161-------
Temp. °C171615131314192124201713151515151515131213141616
Feels °C (?)16161410111218191812118101112128118710121415
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