Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 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
18.6° 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: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (19 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
3
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.8
W
1.7
WSW
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
0.9
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)161515788871689991013131313131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5123723483023276754033023677358531497146913653462316332013055285327092763270228143615
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
NE
15
N
15
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
20
N
30
NW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
2.94
1:17AM
2.84
1:32PM
2.94
1:55AM
2.82
2:12PM
2.89
2:35AM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
0.02
7:23AM
0.09
7:47PM
0.03
8:02AM
0.12
8:27PM
0.10
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---8:34-------8:32-------8:31----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
heavy rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
11---11142------------116
Temp. °C161617161616161516161615141413121516161514141515
Feels °C (?)1514161414131413131098991091214131312101111
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