Fox River Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.03° S 171.39° E

Fox River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fox River sea temperature is
13.0°C
0.4° 

Fox River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fox River today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 3PM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Sep)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 93mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sun morning, calm by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
0
0
0
!
7
0
0
5
0
2
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
W
14
4.5
W
14
4.5
W
15
4.5
W
15
4.5
W
16
4.5
W
16
4
W
17
4.5
W
17
4
W
16
4
W
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8380
8130
7795
8119
9357
9643
9726
10321
9502
9077
5020
4327
3915
3326
2616
1939
1517
1171
1017
989
892
Wind (km/h)
10
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
20
W
20
WNW
10
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNE
30
NW
20
NW
5
N
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
4:56PM2.32m
5:44AM2.28m
6:19PM2.35m
7:05AM2.35m
7:33PM2.49m
Low Tide
10:37AM0.69m
11:20PM0.65m
11:57AM0.71m
00:41AM0.59m
1:14PM0.62m
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:13
6:14
6:15
 mm
1
1
1
2
2
1
4
9
3
9
17
8
3
3
3
5
12
5
3
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
14
14
14
13
11
10
8
8
8
9
10
Feels °C
8
8
7
6
8
8
11
8
9
6
10
12
14
12
8
5
3
4
4
7
9
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