Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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 11AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
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
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
1
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
2
2
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
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
2.5
W
2.4
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111212121313141514141414141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148314831374129216153041313728513116367545894765452942283472290420841376956514433344265211
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
3.04
11:26PM
3.00
11:49AM
3.03
12:11AM
2.98
12:37PM
2.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
-0.03
5:16PM
-0.06
5:38AM
-0.06
6:01PM
-0.01
6:25AM
-0.01
6:49PM
0.11
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--7:07-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset----5:58-------5:57-------5:54---
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
8532211-1521------------
Temp. °C161515151413131212131315161413121213141615141413
Feels °C (?)1212121312111199101012121111109871199107
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