Foxton Beach surf break

Foxton Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 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
12.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Foxton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Foxton Beach at 10AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (02 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
2.3
W
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.5
W
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)998888888888811101667777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18431389103894513361304730475328267198192194253205204295391400391392334246247
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
40
W
25
W
15
S
5
SE
5
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NW
5
W
0
E
5
N
10
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
1.69
5:07PM
1.75
5:38AM
1.73
6:19PM
1.85
6:44AM
1.83
7:12PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.86
12:07AM
0.90
12:38PM
0.80
1:19AM
0.77
1:41PM
0.66
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:57-------5:58---
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
222112------------------
Temp. °C12121213121210877811121210111012111313131311
Feels °C (?)6666476654699108867677887
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wanganui-Manawatu

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Foxton Beach (calm at Karere wx 27 km from Foxton Beach). A 2.3m swell from the WNW is too big for here

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27 km away, 1 h 31 min ago

3 km/h
SE
0.0
12.9
Air / Water (°C)
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