Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.9°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 8PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Thu night, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
1.3
N
7
0.6
NE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
22
22
14
14
14
13
168
48
75
64
41
33
24
18
18
18
11
12
12
12
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
NW
5
N
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
12:25PM2.52m
00:35AM2.43m
1:07PM2.41m
1:15AM2.32m
1:55PM2.31m
Low Tide
6:15PM0.85m
6:33AM0.80m
7:01PM0.95m
7:18AM0.90m
7:53PM1.04m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
6:20
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6:17
6:19
6:19
 mm
1
1
5
7
1
5
1
3
6
2
Temp °C
16
16
16
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
14
15
15
14
15
Feels °C
11
12
12
10
11
9
10
8
5
4
3
6
6
7
7
8
9
10
10
9
11
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