Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 25 Jan 2026 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
17.9° 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 8PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (25 Jan)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212111111101010101099889999151414151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3388376033872842222518601706117512701086904817637534560617572464405394394242389226
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
W
5
NW
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
2.58
4:37AM
2.45
5:04PM
2.47
5:39AM
2.38
6:13PM
2.39
6:51AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
0.42
10:26PM
0.40
10:50AM
0.51
11:24PM
0.52
11:55AM
0.58
12:32AM
0.60
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:30-------6:31
Sunset---9:04-------9:02-------9:01----
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1111-----221---111221111
Temp. °C151516161514141516171717161515151718171716161616
Feels °C (?)121214151513131415161617161414151718171716151617
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