Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 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
20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
2
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
2
N
2
N
2
N
1.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)9999999999911141315151415151515151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)213420251914134512849386705885625055386498455991200124113521735193319071780188519601479
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
W
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
NW
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
0
NNW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
2.43
11:59PM
2.45
12:06PM
2.35
12:37AM
2.37
12:45PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.82
5:29PM
0.75
5:56AM
0.90
6:09PM
0.83
6:42AM
0.97
6:54PM
0.91
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:13-------6:10-------6:09--
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
23421321--------------21--
Temp. °C191919202120201918181922212119191818192120201919
Feels °C (?)151515182121232119192024222320201919202323222020
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