Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
17.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 6PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (25 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (25 Feb)7ft (2.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)141616151514141414141413131313131313121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68617852170206117371484132111871187113810591229905119211741193131712971256112598090911031172
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
E
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
WSW
5
NNE
10
NW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
N
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
2.31
6:35AM
2.31
7:24PM
2.27
7:59AM
2.36
8:42PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
0.61
12:15AM
0.71
12:59PM
0.66
1:36AM
0.72
2:20PM
0.59
2:51AM
0.62
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset---8:24-------8:23-------8:22----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------16223----------
Temp. °C192020181716151617171717161616151517171615151515
Feels °C (?)181920181816141616161818161616141416161514141415
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fox River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest