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Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 11 Feb 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
18.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fox River today?

The current surf forecast for Fox River at 7AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111111111111113131313121268
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138140140143176263140157140140140140140109123107222215140140896082201
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
2.06
7:01PM
2.01
7:38AM
2.05
8:17PM
2.05
8:47AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.94
12:43PM
0.96
1:17AM
0.98
1:58PM
0.95
2:29AM
0.93
3:04PM
0.84
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:45-------8:44-------8:43
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------13544
Temp. °C161616161921201918171717202121201817181819201615
Feels °C (?)161616161920201920181817202021181615161516181414
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