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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
20.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 6PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111110101010999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)393859583737373534232323222222222121212221202020
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SE
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
2.53
3:48AM
2.39
4:04PM
2.43
4:44AM
2.33
4:54PM
2.34
5:43AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
0.87
9:15PM
0.80
9:32AM
0.96
10:03PM
0.86
10:26AM
1.03
10:54PM
0.91
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:24-------6:26
Sunset---8:43-------8:43-------8:43----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222324232019181822252624211917171921212119181818
Feels °C (?)222122222020191922242422212018181921212221202021
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