Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 9PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NE
4.5
NNE
4.5
NNE
4
NNE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)101010101010999999888888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4162397635502573164413891129989861743637528450374330206224187160142116937775
Wind
(km/h)
45
NE
35
NNE
35
N
25
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
0
E
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
2.50
3:45AM
2.54
4:07PM
2.44
4:51AM
2.51
5:14PM
2.41
5:56AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
0.74
9:08PM
0.64
9:50AM
0.80
10:11PM
0.72
10:54AM
0.82
11:16PM
0.75
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--------7:33-------7:33-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:28-------7:27----
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
19141062-------------------
Temp. °C202121212120191919212220191817171821212019191919
Feels °C (?)151819202221202121222321211918181921212120202020
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