Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 30 Mar 2026 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
21.2° 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 7PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.9
NNE
0.9
N
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.1
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
2
E
Period(s) (?)126611116611111011111111111110101046778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8160545048332423222213121212121219191846300384388466
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
E
10
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
2.49
7:50AM
2.62
8:18PM
2.56
8:39AM
2.67
9:07PM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.75
1:18AM
0.69
1:50PM
0.67
2:10AM
0.65
2:38PM
0.60
2:56AM
0.61
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--------7:37-------7:37-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C202221201818181717191917161517171820201918181818
Feels °C (?)202019191718161514161514141315161717191715151515
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