Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.0°C
0.8° 

Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (09 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)16s

Table - waves today at Fairway Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NE
15
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
16
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
39
39
40
20
19
29
53
54
53
53
73
46
49
46
45
44
44
43
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:40PM2.67m
7:07AM2.61m
7:37PM2.76m
8:03AM2.70m
8:28PM2.83m
Low Tide
12:06PM0.66m
00:43AM0.70m
1:05PM0.58m
1:37AM0.60m
1:56PM0.52m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:12
6:13
6:14
 mm
2
1
1
3
Temp °C
13
12
11
10
10
10
13
14
15
13
11
10
11
11
12
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
11
10
9
7
8
8
12
11
11
8
7
5
5
5
5
7
7
8
8
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