Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 7AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111116778877777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38375882858482838357214100148118133142172827981106111117117
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
12:58PM
2.61
1:34AM
2.69
1:55PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
6:55PM
0.53
7:38AM
0.70
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:56---
Sunset------5:53-------5:52-------5:51-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312131316171512121313121516141313121213141513
Feels °C (?)11101011111314139999811131010109910121211
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