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Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 14 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
18.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 12PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)9910101010101010151414141414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)265225240258209218214172175188268602647638722752672643624606520476402377
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
ESE
0
E
5
NNE
0
NNE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
5
E
5
S
5
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
S
5
ESE
5
SW
5
SSW
0
E
5
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrossglassglasscross-
off		glassoffoffglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffglasscross-
off		glassglasscrossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
2.16
8:51PM
2.16
9:17AM
2.24
9:44PM
2.25
10:06AM
2.34
10:30PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.86
2:36PM
0.84
3:01AM
0.82
3:32PM
0.76
3:53AM
0.73
4:20PM
0.64
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-6:13-------6:15-------6:16------
Sunset-----9:09-------9:09-------9:09--
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
13-2562131-111-11610-11-1
Temp. °C131314141415151616161718192017161515161616161515
Feels °C (?)121314131516151616161718201916151515161716171514
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