Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
21.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)888877777777161612121010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89113133216186117916853706847129122181180204248250272140190204204
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
20
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
2.60
7:38PM
2.54
8:12AM
2.69
8:36PM
2.62
9:05AM
2.76
9:29PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.80
1:38AM
0.66
2:13PM
0.72
2:32AM
0.60
3:04PM
0.64
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:11-------7:11-------7:13-----
Sunset-----8:04-------8:02-------8:00--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1222-----------------
Temp. °C181720212120181616151820201715151313151820181614
Feels °C (?)181619192020181615131515141210999121416131312
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