Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 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
20.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
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!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
2
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
2
N
2.1
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
5.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
Period(s) (?)111415151515151515161515151414141313131313141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7136651024111714471780195919591835208016801505171216701495146519042305361544966132117501686021742
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
2.35
12:37AM
2.37
12:45PM
2.28
1:21AM
2.30
1:30PM
2.21
2:14AM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.83
6:42AM
0.97
6:54PM
0.91
7:33AM
1.03
7:45PM
0.97
8:29AM
1.06
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-6:10-------6:09-------6:08------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------1------------12
Temp. °C222018171717182020201919181718212220191919191920
Feels °C (?)232118171717182020212019181617192119171615141415
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