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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 10 Mar 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
20.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (10 Mar)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
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 (?)
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
1.6
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
3
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
4
E
4.5
E
4
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)1615151514678899999101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172163155150148193414858135117172014218124843070290825032105172113021131880741697380
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
2.45
1:44PM
2.40
2:15AM
2.36
2:23PM
2.30
3:01AM
2.27
3:07PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.89
7:46PM
0.84
8:11AM
0.99
8:31PM
0.93
9:03AM
1.07
9:23PM
1.00
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise--7:18-------7:20-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:51-------7:49--
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part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------1276741--------11
Temp. °C171619212120191818171818171819191920202021212121
Feels °C (?)171417181817151413121313111214141517171719212121
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