Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.2° C
0.6° 

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 (25 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 25). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (25 Jul)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (25 Jul)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat morning, light winds from the S by Sun night).

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
14
0.5
E
14
0.5
E
14
0.5
E
13
0.5
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.7
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
90
90
89
93
98
93
91
91
63
63
40
40
40
69
103
100
92
98
93
87
119
173
98
Wind (km/h)
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
30
W
20
WSW
25
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:29AM2.30m
5:21PM2.33m
5:25AM2.27m
6:16PM2.36m
6:21AM2.28m
7:06PM2.41m
Low Tide
10:30AM0.94m
11:05PM1.09m
11:26AM0.95m
00:01AM1.09m
12:19PM0.93m
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:24
7:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:38
5:39
5:39
 mm
1
2
1
4
2
Temp °C
12
11
12
13
13
12
12
11
12
13
14
13
14
12
10
10
10
12
13
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
5
3
4
5
5
5
6
6
8
8
9
9
10
9
7
8
7
8
9
9
9
9
8
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