Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 8AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)13138881514141313141212121111111010101391212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1922352021971762424003781951958749208879837996805614113142101531168789
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
W
0
WNW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
2.20
3:27PM
2.09
3:55AM
2.09
4:37PM
2.02
5:09AM
2.07
5:53PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
0.82
9:16AM
0.84
9:41PM
0.93
10:20AM
0.92
10:50PM
0.97
11:33AM
0.90
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------7:00---
Sunset-------6:13-------6:10-------6:08
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
374211------------------
Temp. °C151617161616171514131312141617141313131316181917
Feels °C (?)131417171615151312111211131416131312121115161815
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