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Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.1°C
0.4° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 1AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
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
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
89
87
67
67
67
66
66
66
51
51
52
52
54
59
62
61
59
59
58
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
8:12PM2.68m
8:42AM2.64m
9:00PM2.71m
9:30AM2.69m
9:45PM2.71m
Low Tide
1:43PM0.63m
2:12AM0.56m
2:33PM0.60m
2:59AM0.51m
3:18PM0.58m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:35
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Temp °C
17
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
18
19
17
16
Feels °C
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
14
15
15
15
16
16
17
18
17
16
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