Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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 2AM is: 0.8m 20s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)18s
Afternoon (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)17s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.5
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111121201918181817161616151515141414141313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18314921650750281798392910129521064906860687669565557542504482372336408549
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
2.83
12:17PM
2.95
12:39AM
2.85
12:54PM
2.93
1:14AM
2.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.09
6:31PM
0.01
6:45AM
0.08
7:07PM
0.05
7:22AM
0.14
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:16-------7:18-------7:18-
Sunset-8:15-------8:14-------8:13------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151412121111141616151313121215171716131312121618
Feels °C (?)111091099131415141212111115161514111211111617
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