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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
20.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 8PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.2
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)101099999999999999812888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232322222222212121222121202020201214171624242431
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
0
N
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
0
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
2.43
4:44AM
2.33
4:54PM
2.34
5:43AM
2.31
5:46PM
2.29
6:39AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03PM
0.86
10:26AM
1.03
10:54PM
0.91
11:23AM
1.08
11:48PM
0.94
12:21PM
1.10
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset-8:43-------8:43-------8:42------
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C262421191817192121211919191921232423212020202323
Feels °C (?)242321202017192020212021212222222322222221212423
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