Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 11 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.0° 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 (29 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 7PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Evening (29 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Thu night).
	Wed 29					Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	135	135	135	133	131	129	121	117	115	113	111	111	109	109	78	73	71	70	71	71	71
Wind (km/h)	E	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide	7:57AM2.37m				8:34PM2.53m				8:39AM2.43m					9:13PM2.59m				9:20AM2.48m
Low Tide			1:52PM0.81m				2:21AM0.91m				2:33PM0.74m					3:03AM0.83m				3:13PM0.68m


	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	15	12	12
Feels °C	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	8	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	NNE 6	ESE 11	N 6	N 6	ESE 11	ESE 11
kJ	135	135	135	133	131	129	121	117	115	113	111	111	109	109	78	19	71	24	27	71	71
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	ESE 11	NNE 6	ESE 11	ESE 11	N 6	N 6
kJ	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	73	20	70	71	18	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	NE 12	N 9	N 9	NE 9	W 18	W 18	NE 19	NE 19	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 18	NNE 18	NE 18
kJ	—	—	3	3	3	3	3	6	2	2	3	6	6	15	14	5	5	5	12	30	49
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 3	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	WNW 6	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	2	6	14	17	16	22	33	48	88	138	228	96	88	80	48	51	38
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	31	31	31	31	31	31	52	0	0	110	110	121	136	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	The Ledge	Baylys Beach	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	Baylys Beach	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Ngunguru Bar	Ngunguru Bar	Ngunguru Bar	Marsden Point	Marsden Point	Fairway Reef	Takou Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Moureeses
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	9
Header Global	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Addington (South Beach) South Africa	Addington (South Beach) South Africa	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Bancoora Australia	Ala Moana Bowls United States	Bancoora Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Addington (South Beach) South Africa	Addington (South Beach) South Africa	Addington (South Beach) South Africa	Nine Mile New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9

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