Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 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
20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 4PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.9
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.4
NNE
1.6
E
1.5
N
1.7
N
1.9
N
2
N
2.1
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.9
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)9109999999111411151515151515151516151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)217918071374114393860160753852664984558210101258161017591907173315461619186616351277947
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
NNE
5
NNW
0
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
2.43
11:59PM
2.45
12:06PM
2.35
12:37AM
2.37
12:45PM
2.28
1:21AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
0.75
5:56AM
0.90
6:09PM
0.83
6:42AM
0.97
6:54PM
0.91
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:10-------6:09----
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
3721--------------221---
Temp. °C192021202019181719222221191818181819202019191818
Feels °C (?)151921212221201820242324201919191921222120201818
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