Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 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 1.2°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: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999997899987888888899910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28140645439637135231644556651647439747167367467266169189111031469131911431083
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
2.65
11:23AM
2.58
11:49PM
2.60
11:57AM
2.50
12:24AM
2.53
12:31PM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.67
5:16PM
0.60
5:34AM
0.74
5:52PM
0.67
6:14AM
0.82
6:29PM
0.75
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:41-------7:41-------7:41---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:15-------7:13
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-11--11---11111478334331
Temp. °C181818181919191919181818191919191818181920212120
Feels °C (?)171616161716151617161616161516161415161919192021
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