Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 7AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (29 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (29 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
0
0
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WSW
4
W
3
W
2.3
WSW
2.5
W
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)101011111111111113131414141313131111131211111012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)724753934107510759888941042147420912826282623001831135612113968291826434171263212771268892
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
5
W
10
NW
5
NW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
25
NNE
30
NE
40
NNE
25
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
2.24
6:16PM
2.36
6:56AM
2.32
7:19PM
2.46
7:56AM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.62
12:01PM
0.70
12:38AM
0.54
1:03PM
0.61
1:38AM
0.43
2:04PM
0.47
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:50-------8:51-------8:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------35411------
Temp. °C141312131516171614131414171516161414131314151515
Feels °C (?)121110121314151513111211121010131212111212121213
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