Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 07 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)--
Afternoon (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (08 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121112121212121414131313131313131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27350751991190981970514231526137712111060953968983983983878732643581514302237
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
3.00
1:19PM
2.98
1:49AM
2.86
2:11PM
2.86
2:44AM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
0.05
7:36PM
0.00
7:59AM
0.19
8:31PM
0.16
8:54AM
0.36
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:11-------6:09--
Sunset-8:22-------8:23-------8:24------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------4
Temp. °C151412111111141515141312121215161616131313141616
Feels °C (?)121110999111212111110111114151515111010101212
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