Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
17.3°C
0.9° 

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 (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 1AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (28 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (28 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
16
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
N
13
0.1
E
13
0.7
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
8
0.2
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.2
N
12
0.2
NNE
7
0.1
N
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
2
2
2
2
4
3
40
29
27
7
11
4
4
7
11
11
5
3
Wind (km/h)
25
W
20
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
10:02PM2.72m
10:33AM2.80m
10:51PM2.74m
11:22AM2.84m
Low Tide
3:40PM0.54m
4:04AM0.34m
4:29PM0.52m
4:51AM0.32m
5:20PM0.53m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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1
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Temp °C
17
18
13
12
11
11
15
17
17
16
14
14
14
14
16
18
17
16
15
Feels °C
15
15
11
10
9
9
12
12
11
12
11
11
11
11
12
13
12
12
11
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