Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 31 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
1.3
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)11661111101111111111111158889987787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4833242322221312121212121278608630597595561466475431398388
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
2.49
7:50AM
2.62
8:18PM
2.56
8:39AM
2.67
9:07PM
2.62
9:25AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
0.69
1:50PM
0.67
2:10AM
0.65
2:38PM
0.60
2:56AM
0.61
3:21PM
0.55
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise----7:37-------7:37-------7:37---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:20
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11---------
Temp. °C191919171819191715151517171920181817171717191917
Feels °C (?)181818141615151413131316161717151514141313141413
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