Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 15 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
N
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211111111111111141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15810873727247472725242412121212161620393735343332
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
2.46
6:35PM
2.41
7:00AM
2.58
7:28PM
2.55
7:50AM
2.69
8:19PM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.74
12:35AM
0.72
1:05PM
0.58
1:26AM
0.60
1:54PM
0.44
2:15AM
0.51
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00-------6:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11--------------
Temp. °C181919171716171718181816161515141618181716161718
Feels °C (?)131414141413131415151413141313121517161515141314
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