Fairway Reef Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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 15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 1PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Evening (14 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	11s

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

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	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	25	25	24	23	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:17PM 2.68				1:40AM 2.57				2:16PM 2.58				2:38AM 2.47					3:20PM 2.50				3:41AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)	6:45AM 0.45				7:18PM 0.69				7:40AM 0.58				8:19PM 0.79				8:40AM 0.69					9:23PM 0.86

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	14	15	16	14	12	12	13	13	14	17	17	15	13	13	13	13
Feels °C (?)	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Fairway Reef (light winds from the WSW at Tokerau Beach wx 12 km from Fairway Reef). 0.6m 12s groundswell from the ENE with a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 18 min ago

11 km/h

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Cross-Off

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