Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 18 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
3
3
2
4
4
3
5
5
4
4
4
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.4
WSW
2
W
1.8
W
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212131314151414141414131313131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16153041313730202943370145894765452942284142370919511376108754343343331721115614210697
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
3.00
11:49AM
3.03
12:11AM
2.98
12:37PM
2.93
12:59AM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
-0.06
6:01PM
-0.01
6:25AM
-0.01
6:49PM
0.11
7:16AM
0.10
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:11-
Sunset5:58-------5:57-------5:54-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
211-1621----------------
Temp. °C141313121213141515141313121113161513121111111112
Feels °C (?)13121198101212111211119771197755566
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