Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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 5PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
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
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
W
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)1515141413131412121211111110101313991212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1742424003781951959619059859837996805724113141971491168687119155299403
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
2.09
3:55AM
2.09
4:37PM
2.02
5:09AM
2.07
5:53PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
0.84
9:41PM
0.93
10:20AM
0.92
10:50PM
0.97
11:33AM
0.90
12:03AM
0.93
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:10-------6:08----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C161616151413131214161614131313131518191616161617
Feels °C (?)151514131211121113141513131212111416171514131315
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