Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.6°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 6PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (08 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (08 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
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
Period (s)
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
277
260
218
213
199
160
160
131
119
103
89
87
67
67
67
67
66
51
51
51
52
Wind (km/h)
0
WNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
0
NW
0
NE
5
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:20PM2.63m
7:50AM2.56m
8:12PM2.68m
8:42AM2.64m
9:00PM2.71m
Low Tide
12:48PM0.68m
1:21AM0.64m
1:43PM0.63m
2:12AM0.56m
2:33PM0.60m
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clear
clear
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cloud
clear
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
15
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
16
17
17
16
15
15
15
15
17
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
14
14
14
14
15
15
14
13
14
15
15
15
14
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
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