Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.0° C
0.5° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
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
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.2
E
9
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
7
0.3
ESE
7
0.3
ESE
7
0.3
E
7
0.3
E
7
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.3
E
6
0.1
NE
16
0.1
NE
16
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
13
0.2
ENE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
13
13
6
18
18
17
15
15
14
16
10
9
10
9
21
21
8
10
10
23
18
17
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
0
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
SE
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:07AM2.57m
1:32PM2.47m
1:55AM2.54m
2:26PM2.47m
2:49AM2.51m
3:29PM2.48m
Low Tide
7:16AM0.65m
7:34PM0.81m
8:06AM0.67m
8:32PM0.86m
9:04AM0.70m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:15
7:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
5:49
 mm
Temp °C
8
8
9
10
11
11
10
9
9
9
9
11
12
11
11
11
10
11
12
13
14
14
15
Feels °C
5
5
7
9
9
10
9
8
7
7
8
10
10
9
10
10
8
9
9
9
10
10
11
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