Foster Bar

Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

No photo of Foster Bar yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Tomorrow at a glance

Best: 8 am to 5 pm, sunset 5:58 pm

8 am
7.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great

9 am
7.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great

10 am
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great

11 am
7.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great

12 pm
7.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great

1 pm
7.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great

2 pm
7.4
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great

3 pm
7.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great

4 pm
7.2
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great

5 pm
4.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 8 am to 5 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air: 6°C42°F
Water: —
Wind: 85 km/hmph NNW
Gusts: 2818 km/hmph
Waves: —
UV: 0 low
Tide: —
Rain: 7%
Sunset: 5:58 pm

Today

4.3Fair8 am74

4.2Fair9 am53

3.9Poor10 am53

3.8Poor11 am42

4.0Fair12 pm21

4.1Fair1 pm10

4.4Fair2 pm21

4.3Fair3 pm42

4.3Fair4 pm85

4.3Fair5 pm95

Fri

7.4Great8 am96

7.4Great9 am96

7.4Great10 am117

7.3Great11 am117

7.3Great12 pm117

7.3Great1 pm106

7.4Great2 pm95

7.4Great3 pm85

7.2Great4 pm74

4.6Fair5 pm64

Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide data is not available for this beach. Rip current and water quality data are not available either.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

About Foster Bar

From Wikipedia

Foster Bar, originally known as Foster's Bar, is a gold-bearing sandbar in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada as well as the name used for the surrounding locality, which includes Nesikep Indian Reserve 6 and Nesikep Indian Reserve 6A of the Cayoose Creek First Nation of the St'at'imc people and Lytton Indian Reserves Nos. 6A and 5B and Seah Indian Reserve No. 5 of the Lytton First Nation of the Nlaka'pamux people.

Source: Foster Bar on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport: 41 km25 miCache Creek Airport (YZA)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

Fri7.4 GreatBest 8 am to 5 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 1%
Sat4.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 43%
Sun3.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 61%
Mon7.1 GreatBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 6 km/h3 mph, rain 6%
Tue4.8 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 9%
Wed4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 18%