Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 12 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.8°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 (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 6AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	16s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	16s
Evening (01 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 1								Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	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)	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	5	20	20	20	20	20	25	35	77	111	143	152	181	192	227	233	240	254	268	242	235	211	242	268
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide		1:28AM2.63m				2:02PM2.73m				2:24AM2.56m				3:01PM2.66m				3:23AM2.49m					4:02PM2.61m
Low Tide				7:25AM0.49m				8:07PM0.66m				8:22AM0.58m				9:05PM0.70m				9:22AM0.66m


	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4
Temp °C	15	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	16	15
Feels °C	13	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8
kJ	3	7	7	3	20	20	19	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	211	242	268
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	E 11	E 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	—	—	E 15	E 15	N 13	N 12	N 12
kJ	5	20	20	20	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	3	2	2	5	5	5	—	—	4	4	13	12	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 6	NW 18	W 17	N 10	N 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 9	E 12	E 12	E 11	—	E 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 11	E 15	E 15	E 16
kJ	2	12	6	2	2	6	6	6	2	3	3	3	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 3	ENE 3	E 3	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	—	—	—
kJ	4	4	5	3	5	8	25	35	77	111	143	152	181	192	227	233	240	254	268	242	235	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Coopers Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	41	49	49	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	31	31	31	31	39	61	31	31	6
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	The Bluff-South Side	Scott Point	Te Paki	Twilight Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Twilight Beach	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	The Box
Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Whatipu Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha North Auckland	Piha North Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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