Surf Forecast Surf Report

Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 12 May 2025 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
19.5° 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: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 May)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 May)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (12 May)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
ENE
0.7
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.3
E
2.1
N
1.1
NE
1.4
NNE
1.5
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)99988888888814131313121212121211111111111111111111101010101010101010101010101010101010109789898888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2802223373753753963922981952002342071815816606304854693933963272572401911911911881491491461431411021009898987171717171505050504932312916483184307320116101615951
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
N
5
WNW
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSE
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
S
5
SE
0
N
5
N
0
N
0
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
2.45
8:34PM
2.52
8:39AM
2.45
9:10PM
2.54
9:14AM
2.45
9:46PM
2.55
9:50AM
2.44
10:22PM
2.55
10:28AM
2.43
11:00PM
2.54
11:08AM
2.40
11:40PM
2.51
11:51AM
2.37
12:23AM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
0.80
1:55PM
0.66
2:15AM
0.79
2:32PM
0.64
2:54AM
0.78
3:10PM
0.64
3:33AM
0.79
3:48PM
0.65
4:15AM
0.81
4:28PM
0.67
5:00AM
0.84
5:10PM
0.72
5:46AM
0.86
5:54PM
0.76
6:35AM
0.87
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-------7:15-------7:15-
Sunset----5:32-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415171817171716161617181615141616161817171716161616181818171616161618181716161616161818181818171818181715141514141415
Feels °C (?)13131314161514141313141617141312151516171617171616161618171715141514151817171616161616161616151513141614129101110111112
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