Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.9°C
0.5° 

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 (18 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 4AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Friday
18
Saturday
19
9 PM
12 AM
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
1.2
N
7
1.3
N
7
0.7
NE
7
0.8
NE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
127
163
54
82
73
48
23
24
32
23
11
11
12
11
11
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
Wind State
cross
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
off
off
High Tide
00:35AM2.43m
1:07PM2.41m
1:15AM2.32m
1:55PM2.31m
Low Tide
6:15PM0.85m
6:33AM0.80m
7:01PM0.95m
7:18AM0.90m
7:53PM1.04m
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:19
6:19
 mm
4
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
11
11
12
12
13
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
14
16
16
14
14
Feels °C
9
10
10
10
11
11
9
7
8
8
9
7
9
11
11
9
10
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