Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 11 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

15.9° 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 (30 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 5PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 30). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Evening (30 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Thu night).
	Thu 30					Friday 31								Saturday 1
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	N 6	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 16
Wave Graph
kJ	115	113	111	111	109	109	83	73	71	70	71	71	71	70	62	62	61	61	61	192	50
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW	N	NNE	NE	ESE	ESE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	8:39AM2.43m					9:13PM2.59m				9:20AM2.48m				9:50PM2.64m				9:59AM2.51m
Low Tide			2:33PM0.74m					3:03AM0.83m				3:13PM0.68m				3:44AM0.75m				3:53PM0.64m


	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	1	1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	11	12	3
Temp °C	13	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11
Feels °C	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	6	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	N 6	NW 6	NW 7	NW 6	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	E 11	N 5	NNW 5	NW 5
kJ	115	113	111	111	109	109	83	78	85	61	63	54	45	35	30	24	18	61	14	11	7
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NNE 6	NNE 6	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	NNW 6	E 11	NE 16	NE 16
kJ	8	6	6	6	6	5	26	31	71	70	71	71	71	70	62	62	61	12	61	40	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	N 9	NE 9	W 18	W 18	NE 19	ESE 12	ESE 11	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NE 17	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	6	2	3	6	6	15	78	73	21	20	20	22	19	47	46	43	42	41	41	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	WNW 6	W 3	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	SW 3	WSW 3	WSW 2	—	—	—	NE 3	E 11	E 4
kJ	12	15	39	54	91	173	91	6	10	14	7	11	3	1	1	—	—	—	9	192	50
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fairway Reef Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ruapuke Raglan and West Waikato	Marsden Point Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	5	4	5
Distance (km)	0	110	110	121	346	136	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	41	12	62	232	122
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Matauri Bay	Ngunguru Bar	Whananaki bar	Ngunguru Bar		Marsden Point	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Henderson Bay	The Bluff-North Side		Baylys Beach
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	5		5
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Weld Road Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating (10 max)	4	4	2	4	4	2	3	3	4	2	1	2	8	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	5
Header Global	Bancoora Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Arrawarra Australia	Addington (South Beach) South Africa	Asu Indonesia	Nine Mile New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Stent Road New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	6	5	7	6	9	5	6	6

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