Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 5 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.2° 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 (26 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 8AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 26). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (26 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (26 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun morning, light winds from the SE by Tue night).
	Sunday 26							Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 14	E 14	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	63	63	40	40	40	69	103	100	102	98	93	87	89	95	151	96	96	98	98	98	98	135	137
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	S	SSE	S	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide		5:25AM2.27m					6:16PM2.36m				6:21AM2.28m				7:06PM2.41m				7:11AM2.31m				7:52PM2.47m
Low Tide				11:26AM0.95m					00:01AM1.09m				12:19PM0.93m				00:51AM1.05m				1:08PM0.88m


	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	14	14	14	14	12	11	10	10	9	11	13	14	12	11	13	12	12	11	13	15	13	12
Feels °C	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	8	9	10	9	8	9	8	9	8	10	12	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	NW 6	NW 6	NW 7	NW 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	23	63	40	40	66	45	47	41	102	98	93	87	89	95	151	96	96	98	98	98	98	135	137
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	NW 15	E 16	WNW 12	ESE 11	ESE 14	E 14	E 14	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	N 11	N 10
kJ	63	56	20	13	40	69	103	100	31	16	16	15	6	6	6	10	10	9	4	3	3	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 15	E 17	—	E 16	WNW 11	WNW 12	W 4	WNW 11	WNW 12	WNW 12	SE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	NW 12	NW 12	WNW 6	WNW 6	NW 11	NW 11	NE 11	W 11	—	—
kJ	60	5	—	20	13	14	3	13	13	13	5	4	5	6	6	3	3	5	5	5	2	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 4	WNW 4	WNW 6	WNW 6	WSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SSE 3	SE 3	SE 4	S 3	S 3	—	SE 5	S 3	—	—	SE 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	13	44	204	137	26	15	3	3	2	4	1	1	—	6	1	—	—	23	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	7	45	121	21	15	7	0	7	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	7	7	7
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	8	6	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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