Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 2AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
E
1.2
N
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)121212777121178888881414139888811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14141322316812132139443132454527443671361221
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
2.80
9:28AM
2.81
9:59PM
2.87
10:18AM
2.81
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
0.46
3:29PM
0.27
3:55AM
0.45
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset------5:57-------5:55-------5:54-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
23101--11132-21222111321-
Temp. °C191818171719181615161415151716151515151516171716
Feels °C (?)151415151616151514121112121413131212111113151415
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