Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 5 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

15.8°C

Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (25 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 10AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Afternoon (25 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	6s
Evening (25 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the W by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 25							Saturday 26								Sunday 27
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 14	ESE 15	ESE 14	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 15
Wave Graph
kJ	20	19	12	11	6	17	17	39	21	21	29	34	34	34	17	33	32	32	30	15	14	29	17
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	WSW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide			6:56AM2.33m				7:24PM2.50m				7:43AM2.44m				8:06PM2.59m				8:27AM2.55m				8:49PM2.67m
Low Tide	00:32AM0.87m				12:51PM0.78m				1:19AM0.73m				1:36PM0.67m				3:04AM0.60m				2:20PM0.58m


	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	10	11	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16
Feels °C	8	8	9	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 14	E 6	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 11	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	20	19	12	11	6	6	6	39	2	14	29	34	34	34	12	33	32	32	30	15	14	29	14
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	E 15	E 15	E 16	ESE 13	ESE 13	E 5	ESE 15	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	N 11	ESE 13	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	E 16	E 16	N 10	E 15
kJ	4	4	4	4	5	17	17	2	21	2	2	2	1	2	17	2	2	2	2	5	5	2	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 16	E 15	NE 10	NE 10	E 13	E 16	N 12	SE 6	ESE 12	ESE 14	E 15	N 11	N 11	NE 9	N 11	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 10
kJ	10	4	4	4	3	5	3	1	14	21	17	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	WSW 3	WSW 3	SW 3	SW 3	SW 3	WSW 3	W 3	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 6	WNW 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	2	4	3	2	2	4	5	13	20	16	14	18	27	39	54	83	113	126	139
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland	Taits Beach (Waikari River) Hawkes Bay	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Pataua Northland
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	41	41	41	82	82	15	21	15	15	15	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	102	138	569	571	127
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Elliot Bay	Elliot Bay	Pareparea Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Moureeses	Moureeses	Elliot Bay	Moureeses	Elliot Bay	Elliot Bay	Elliot Bay	Elliot Bay	Elliot Bay	Elliot Bay	Okupe Beach	Ocean Beach (Whangarei)			Forestry
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	9	6	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	5

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