Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 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
20.3° 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 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888811111111111111111111111111888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13121120202138375882858582112831171612141131071388511359
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
12:58PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
6:55PM
0.53
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:54-------5:53-------5:52---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C131314171715141412121316171513121211111415141312
Feels °C (?)121213161513111191010131413109877101110109
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