Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 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 1.1°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 3PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
N
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.3
NE
0.7
NNE
0.5
NE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.2
N
0.1
N
1.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
ENE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)711111188888814714813138881111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168129211593286615411141433513122121373758
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
2.81
9:59PM
2.87
10:18AM
2.81
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
0.27
3:55AM
0.45
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:57-------5:55-------5:54-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--12122123211211--------
Temp. °C181919161616151515151615151413131518181513121313
Feels °C (?)18161614151211121313131313121211141615119999
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