Foxton Beach surf break

Foxton Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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Foxton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Foxton Beach sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Foxton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Foxton Beach at 8AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Foxton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)888887776668666655554181713
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)928904922784640489475410265187215452252160100696674594020663
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
S
15
S
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
2.29
12:29AM
2.31
12:58PM
2.14
1:30AM
2.17
2:09PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.24
6:58PM
0.28
7:32AM
0.40
7:53PM
0.45
8:36AM
0.54
8:57PM
0.60
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:38-------5:37---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010101010101111101111111110999101012121010
Feels °C (?)33344346656667667677101088
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