Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
1.9
WSW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WSW
3
NW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212131313911911101212121313151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264423442088220912362028145614221484132316712924311430413371510651025153480244673709331317921094
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
35
NNW
30
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20AM
2.98
10:44PM
2.96
11:04AM
3.04
11:26PM
3.00
11:49AM
3.03
12:11AM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33PM
-0.04
4:53AM
-0.03
5:16PM
-0.06
5:38AM
-0.06
6:01PM
-0.01
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise7:07-------7:07-------7:09-------
Sunset---6:00------5:58-------5:57-----
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1124101311532211133211-----
Temp. °C141415151516161515151413131212121314131311111113
Feels °C (?)12111211101112131313131112101010111111129878
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