Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.9°C
0.7° 

Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 1PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NNW by Sun night).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 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
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
28
27
26
25
20
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
16
16
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:49AM2.57m
1:18PM2.55m
1:40AM2.51m
2:14PM2.51m
2:38AM2.46m
3:19PM2.49m
Low Tide
6:54AM0.57m
7:22PM0.77m
7:47AM0.64m
8:22PM0.83m
8:48AM0.70m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:08
6:09
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
17
17
16
16
13
12
11
12
15
16
14
13
13
12
12
13
15
15
16
16
Feels °C
11
11
12
13
13
13
14
12
10
9
12
13
12
11
11
12
11
11
11
12
11
14
13
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