Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 10PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)--
Afternoon (18 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (18 Nov)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.8
NE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010109910101011121211111111111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45145155150680910941125943766139815971465123610301011855776676650573490425365351
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
W
5
SE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
10
N
10
NW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
2.45
8:37AM
2.49
8:45PM
2.45
9:19AM
2.53
9:25PM
2.44
9:58AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36PM
0.84
1:57AM
0.70
2:21PM
0.83
2:39AM
0.68
3:02PM
0.82
3:18AM
0.68
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-8:10-------8:12-------8:13------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1332--------------------
Temp. °C191918181717182020201817161620232422181717171920
Feels °C (?)202019191717192120201818161620212120171717171819
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