Foxton Beach surf break

Foxton Beach surfForecast / Wanganui-Manawatu / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 20 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 7AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 20). 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 (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)98888888777161666866555554
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)133712401107110712009298038437045273855526527236111769425348462812
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
2.44
12:00PM
2.29
12:29AM
2.31
12:58PM
2.14
1:30AM
2.17
2:09PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
0.12
6:36AM
0.24
6:58PM
0.28
7:32AM
0.40
7:53PM
0.45
8:36AM
0.54
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:56---
Sunset------5:40-------5:38-------5:37-
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
101---1111---------------
Temp. °C1210101010101010101111111110111010101099121313
Feels °C (?)633333334555666567767101111
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