Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 12 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 6AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 6	ENE 8	N 6	N 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 14	ENE 7	ENE 7	N 14	N 13	ENE 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	155	157	157	161	167	78	76	76	62	143	47	108	124	171	215	158	134	73	65	66	66	44	47	64	56	55	55
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	N	NE	N	N	N	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	NE	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			6:31AM2.47m				6:52PM2.58m					7:28AM2.53m				7:43PM2.58m				8:18AM2.59m				8:31PM2.58m
Low Tide	00:00AM0.67m				12:23PM0.74m				00:53AM0.63m					1:17PM0.73m				1:43AM0.59m				2:07PM0.71m				2:29AM0.57m


	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	8:01
mm	—	—	—	—	2	1	2	6	4	7	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Temp °C	17	17	18	19	19	20	18	18	17	18	17	18	19	19	18	16	16	15	15	17	18	19	18	17	17	17	18
Feels °C	17	17	19	19	20	20	18	19	16	17	16	18	16	16	16	15	16	14	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	N 15	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 6	ENE 8	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	155	157	157	161	5	78	76	76	62	57	47	108	53	171	215	158	134	73	58	56	54	44	47	44	42	54	54
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	WNW 9	WNW 8	WNW 8	N 15	N 15	NE 6	ENE 8	N 16	N 16	N 16	NW 7	N 13	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 13	N 13
kJ	9	8	8	2	2	8	7	7	4	4	19	45	20	45	20	13	13	47	47	47	39	27	18	18	18	55	55
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 16	W 10	N 15	N 10	N 10	N 12	N 12	N 15	N 16	N 14	NE 12	NE 12	N 16	N 16	NW 7	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 13	N 11	N 11
kJ	6	6	6	5	2	17	2	2	3	3	17	20	4	6	5	20	19	12	65	66	66	38	38	64	56	9	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 8	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	NW 7	N 7	NW 4	NW 7	—	NW 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 6	N 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	167	27	37	52	120	143	108	12	124	23	13	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	21
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	31	121	0	39	32	31	31	82	12	0	136	213	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	31	7	20	31	31
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	The Box	Ngunguru Bar	Fairway Reef	Ninety Mile Beach	Houhora Harbour Bar	Waipapakauri Beach	Waipapakauri Beach	Elliot Bay	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay	Fairway Reef	Ruakaka		Forestry	Fairway Reef	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Matauri Bay	Fairway Reef	Twilight Beach	Baylys Beach	Taronui Bay-Bombora	The Box	The Box	The Box
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1		2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	4	1	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fairway Reef Northland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

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