Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 5 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.6° 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 (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Evening (08 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 8							Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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 10	E 10	E 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	52	51	70	95	123	119	112	110	108	108	110	112	112	110	184	161	210	223	183	183	166	169	214	218
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide	1:31AM2.54m				1:52PM2.39m				2:19AM2.53m				2:47PM2.41m					3:11AM2.53m				3:48PM2.46m
Low Tide			7:44AM0.74m				7:55PM0.84m				8:34AM0.72m				8:52PM0.87m					9:29AM0.70m				9:56PM0.88m


	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	7:33
	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	5:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	14	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	10
Feels °C	8	8	9	12	10	9	9	10	8	6	9	10	8	7	7	6	6	5	6	8	8	7	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 8	NNW 7	E 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	66	31	70	95	123	119	112	110	108	108	110	112	112	110	184	161	210	223	183	183	166	169	214	218
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NW 7	NW 11	NW 11	W 4	WNW 7	WNW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 12	NW 20	WSW 5	NW 19	NW 18	NW 18	NW 18	W 18	N 12
kJ	52	51	21	10	10	5	5	2	5	5	2	5	5	2	2	5	15	2	14	13	12	12	6	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 17	E 12	W 16	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NE 9	NE 9	WNW 7	NW 17	NW 16	NW 16	NW 16	NW 21	NW 7	NW 19	—	N 13	N 13	N 13	—	W 17
kJ	11	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	5	11	10	11	11	17	2	15	—	3	3	3	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	SW 4	SW 3	S 3	SSE 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	—	—	SSW 3	S 3	S 3
kJ	18	21	19	15	14	15	11	13	18	18	7	3	5	19	9	13	19	14	7	—	—	3	5	2
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	0	7	494	494	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	1	2	2	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

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