Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (11 Nov)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (11 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Fri
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
N
1.1
ESE
1
ENE
1.2
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
NE
0.7
ENE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)888121211111191155677777788777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5933322726224040212154519214514945571191469981627045
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
0
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
25
ESE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
2.67
1:51PM
2.78
2:11AM
2.57
2:47PM
2.67
3:07AM
2.47
3:44PM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
0.52
7:53PM
0.69
8:05AM
0.64
8:48PM
0.76
9:01AM
0.74
9:43PM
0.80
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Fri
14
Sunrise-6:15-------6:15-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:04-------8:05-------8:06--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
----------21486----11111-
Temp. °C161518212120161515151617171716151515171818171514
Feels °C (?)161517191819161514131315151714141414171616161413
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