Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 11 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.4° 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 (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 6PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	E 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	131	131	131	131	131	200	74	72	69	49	48	48	33	33	32	28	59	38	25	25	13	19	10	8
Wind (km/h)	S	E	NE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	E	ENE	E	ENE	NE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				4:56PM2.54m				5:16AM2.58m					6:03PM2.65m				6:25AM2.64m				7:08PM2.77m
Low Tide		10:30AM0.67m				11:04PM0.86m				11:33AM0.62m					00:10AM0.80m				12:36PM0.56m				1:14AM0.72m


	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31
	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	5:30
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2
Temp °C	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	14
Feels °C	11	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	11	10	11	11	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 5	E 5	ENE 5	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 8	ESE 9
kJ	131	131	131	131	131	3	74	72	69	49	48	48	33	17	12	13	59	38	25	25	13	19	7	8
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	W 18	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	ESE 10	SE 10
kJ	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	33	32	28	6	12	12	12	10	5	10	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 16	W 16	W 19	W 18	W 18	—	W 17	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 9	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	5	5	7	7	6	—	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	5	6	5	5	3	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	E 3	E 10	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	—	—	—	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	6	200	45	53	50	47	40	32	24	—	—	—	2	6	10	15	24	59	103	90
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Orewa Beach Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	1
Distance (km)	0	0	31	7	7	7	7	7	7	49	49	31	31	31	31	31	31	122	228	122	122	213	122	32
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Moureeses	The Ledge	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	Baylys Beach		Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach		Baylys Beach	Henderson Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3		3	2		3	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Piha North Auckland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Shag Rock Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5

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