Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 11 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.4° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 3AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	5s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
		Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 5	E 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	N 5
Wave Graph
kJ	263	209	74	72	78	64	49	48	33	81	60	42	39	26	25	25	13	19	11	8	8	8	10	13
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide				5:16AM2.58m					6:03PM2.65m				6:25AM2.64m				7:08PM2.77m				7:31AM2.72m
Low Tide		11:04PM0.86m				11:33AM0.62m					00:10AM0.80m				12:36PM0.56m				1:14AM0.72m				1:36PM0.49m


	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	11	11	10	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	17	15
Feels °C	9	8	8	7	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	N 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 8	ESE 9	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 5
kJ	140	3	74	72	50	49	33	20	14	81	60	42	39	26	25	25	13	19	7	8	100	57	45	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	W 18	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	NW 6
kJ	3	6	3	2	2	2	49	48	33	2	2	2	12	12	12	12	10	5	11	4	8	8	10	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 18	—	W 17	W 16	W 16	W 16	N 11	N 11	N 11	E 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 9	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NW 5
kJ	6	—	6	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	—	—	—	—	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	—	—	—	—
kJ	263	209	45	37	78	64	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	6	7	10	22	45	86	122	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mukerau Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Whatipu Auckland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Waiapu River East Cape	Matakana Island Bay of Plenty	Scott Point Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	7	7	7	7	7	41	43	31	31	7	31	31	40	110	252	121	122	547	374	83	12	12	15	41
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	Matauri Bay	Whananaki Beach		Ngunguru Bar	Baylys Beach			Baylys Beach	Henderson Bay	Takou Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1		1	3			3	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	9	9	9	6	7

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