Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 21 Dec 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Dec)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (21 Dec)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.1
NW
1.7
NNW
2.3
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)88811111111111010101010678910101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45032224758244438728123417012710085647526166511691376148413141910151212881107
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
10
E
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NE
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
10
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
2.61
12:45AM
2.55
1:01PM
2.62
1:23AM
2.53
1:39PM
2.61
2:02AM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:38PM
0.40
6:53AM
0.44
7:16PM
0.38
7:30AM
0.44
7:55PM
0.39
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:54-------5:56
Sunset---9:08-------9:08-------9:09----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------471483111-----
Temp. °C141515141211111115161714161616171616161615151414
Feels °C (?)111212111099913131411141312171414141515151412
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