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Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 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
17.6° 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 11PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
0
2
2
3
3
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
4
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212222221202019181818161616161515151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18712712515723623130439539156555354758259768867153958848547239452952006235
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
25
SW
10
SW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		glassglassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
2.67
1:57PM
2.78
2:20AM
2.65
2:36PM
2.75
3:00AM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
0.19
7:47AM
0.26
8:12PM
0.19
8:26AM
0.28
8:52PM
0.22
9:08AM
0.34
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:24-------6:26--
Sunset-9:07-------9:06-------9:05------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111232--------1955342---
Temp. °C181717171717171718181716161617161514131213131415
Feels °C (?)191818181918171617171716161616141310121113121312
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