Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 11 Jul 2025 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
13.5° 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 1AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 11). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (12 Jul)16ft (5.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
3
NW
4
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
WNW
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)14141313991012141413131414161615151414141313121111131313138814131313131313131313121212121212121212121212131321141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)79387582887310111037206755139736836673017506987796691270413289130959567864073105732498840492962235717202366151010891120101418325310434542163695321427962469212419321615126311099648427396356167581044125614041430171316241914246531023573
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
30
N
35
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
25
N
15
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
WNW
15
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoffglassglassglassoffglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
2.67
11:42AM
2.62
11:58PM
2.73
12:22PM
2.65
12:39AM
2.76
1:03PM
2.65
1:20AM
2.76
1:47PM
2.62
2:04AM
2.73
2:33PM
2.58
2:53AM
2.66
3:24PM
2.51
3:47AM
2.57
4:20PM
2.46
4:49AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.30
5:49PM
0.34
6:14AM
0.24
6:29PM
0.30
6:55AM
0.20
7:10PM
0.29
7:38AM
0.20
7:54PM
0.31
8:23AM
0.24
8:41PM
0.36
9:12AM
0.31
9:33PM
0.43
10:06AM
0.40
10:33PM
0.49
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunrise----8:00-------7:58-------7:58-------7:58-------7:58-------7:56-------7:56-------
Sunset------5:19-------5:20-------5:21-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:23-----
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Rain (mm)
42223344311531675532321----3721---1-------------------------
Temp. °C131212121212121211111011111211121112121111111211101010101211111111111010101111109999911111010109991212109877
Feels °C (?)98889888775444464899108109765588445667899877777877775668776533
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