Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.9° C
0.3° 

Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (30 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 8AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (30 Jul)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (30 Jul)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu night, calm by Sat morning).

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.6
ESE
12
0.5
ESE
12
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
121
117
115
113
111
111
109
109
78
73
71
70
71
71
71
70
62
62
61
61
40
40
41
Wind (km/h)
10
N
5
W
5
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:39AM2.43m
9:13PM2.59m
9:20AM2.48m
9:50PM2.64m
9:59AM2.51m
Low Tide
2:21AM0.91m
2:33PM0.74m
3:03AM0.83m
3:13PM0.68m
3:44AM0.75m
3:53PM0.64m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:20
7:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:42
5:43
5:44
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
8
1
1
3
9
3
1
Temp °C
14
13
14
16
15
15
15
15
13
13
13
14
14
13
11
11
11
12
10
10
10
10
11
Feels °C
12
12
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
8
9
9
10
8
9
7
7
7
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