Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 1AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1.2
N
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.2
N
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)1212121212121181111788888141414138888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28281414131312160321385451232638444377126
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
NW
20
W
10
WNW
5
NW
25
NNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
2.80
9:28AM
2.81
9:59PM
2.87
10:18AM
2.81
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.33
3:04AM
0.46
3:29PM
0.27
3:55AM
0.45
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-
Sunset5:58-------5:57-------5:55-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
222355--1213211221111231
Temp. °C191919181716171918151516141516161615151414141617
Feels °C (?)151414141315161715141512111112111211121010111414
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