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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 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
21.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 6PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.5
E
0.6
N
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)81111121111101099988108999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353231912252922501901341027451665052282526272627272727
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
2.65
10:12PM
2.56
10:40AM
2.72
10:56PM
2.61
11:21AM
2.75
11:39PM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
0.69
4:07AM
0.57
4:37PM
0.60
4:49AM
0.53
5:21PM
0.52
5:33AM
0.52
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---8:16-------8:15-------8:15----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202222201717161719212221181920181922232117171615
Feels °C (?)191918171516141516181919171820181719191817171513
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