Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.4° 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 10PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1.2
N
1.3
NNW
1
N
0.1
E
0.1
N
0.1
E
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)141413131313121212121212121277711111110888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)393735343332302928281414131314301002228209361
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
2.68
8:39AM
2.77
9:09PM
2.80
9:28AM
2.81
9:59PM
2.87
10:18AM
2.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.44
2:15AM
0.51
2:42PM
0.33
3:04AM
0.46
3:29PM
0.27
3:55AM
0.45
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-6:00------5:58-------5:57-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------1121242----163111
Temp. °C191817171818191919191918181618191917171716151616
Feels °C (?)161616141515161515151513141417171615141211111311
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