Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.4° C
0.6° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
12 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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
1.2
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.7
N
6
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.7
N
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
74
72
248
49
48
48
33
61
60
42
40
26
25
25
13
19
10
8
8
8
31
10
9
31
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:16AM2.58m
6:03PM2.65m
6:25AM2.64m
7:08PM2.77m
7:31AM2.72m
8:10PM2.89m
Low Tide
11:33AM0.62m
00:10AM0.80m
12:36PM0.56m
1:14AM0.72m
1:36PM0.49m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:31
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:30
5:31
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
11
11
11
13
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
14
15
15
15
15
15
16
17
15
14
14
Feels °C
8
8
8
10
12
13
11
11
11
10
11
11
11
10
11
11
11
12
13
15
15
14
13
13
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