Surf Forecast Surf Report

Fox River surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 03 May 2025 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)--
Afternoon (03 May)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (03 May)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010141414141414141313131313131313131214141413131816161716161615151515141414141415151515141414151515161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10101314134013671153820862186016801657147014281333117210429229688167106996888255101204125912079758117812018199333533216313730342576221619741881185515481704193922972721297430303544380134483163362640323874392436653371272126122675
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
0
NNW
0
NW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
0
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
20
SW
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
2.39
3:40AM
2.43
4:22PM
2.25
4:50AM
2.32
5:34PM
2.19
6:00AM
2.29
6:39PM
2.21
7:01AM
2.31
7:33PM
2.27
7:51AM
2.36
8:18PM
2.35
8:34AM
2.43
8:57PM
2.44
9:12AM
2.49
9:33PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
0.62
10:04AM
0.59
10:30PM
0.74
11:13AM
0.67
11:40PM
0.77
12:20PM
0.68
12:43AM
0.75
1:17PM
0.63
1:38AM
0.68
2:04PM
0.57
2:23AM
0.60
2:45PM
0.50
3:04AM
0.52
3:23PM
0.44
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-----
Sunset5:37-------5:36-------5:35-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312111111131515141313131313151515151414141515161413131413141516151413121214171715151515171514141312121212121313131212
Feels °C (?)13111199811131413121212121214141515141413141515131211121113141514131110101114141313131315129988989101212121110
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