Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 05 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
16.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 5AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212121212121212121414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15701364104390575565347637728327422217717417113590257257253290277273219192
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
NW
0
SW
0
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
30
NE
20
NNW
10
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
2.61
1:09PM
2.52
1:26AM
2.48
1:48PM
2.37
2:07AM
2.34
2:32PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44PM
0.37
7:03AM
0.42
7:20PM
0.52
7:42AM
0.56
7:59PM
0.67
8:24AM
0.71
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:54-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------6:16-------6:15-------6:14
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------163211-212
Temp. °C151515141619191817171617192015141416161516161616
Feels °C (?)141313121418181815141314171813131412131413131314
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
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