Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 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
17.3° 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 9AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131414141414131313131212121212121212121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8361057117513361461161414231231104390575556947635028322618017717413711790261257
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
0
W
0
SSW
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
2.71
12:34PM
2.65
12:50AM
2.61
1:09PM
2.52
1:26AM
2.48
1:48PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.30
6:44PM
0.37
7:03AM
0.42
7:20PM
0.52
7:42AM
0.56
7:59PM
0.67
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset-----6:19-------6:16-------6:15--
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------3631
Temp. °C161618191817151515151719201817171716181614141516
Feels °C (?)141416181818141313131519191715141413161512131411
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