Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.7°C
0.0° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (04 Oct)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (04 Oct)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sun morning, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
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)
0.7
NNE
9
0.7
NNE
9
0.7
NNE
9
0.7
NNE
9
2.1
ESE
6
2.1
E
7
2.1
E
7
2.1
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.8
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.6
E
6
1.7
E
6
1.8
E
7
1.8
E
7
1.8
E
7
2
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
0.9
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
71
71
73
71
320
478
465
449
358
295
263
193
202
243
295
312
348
426
385
310
228
167
76
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
2:32AM2.50m
3:09PM2.56m
3:32AM2.45m
4:14PM2.52m
4:37AM2.42m
5:20PM2.53m
Low Tide
8:35AM0.61m
9:16PM0.77m
9:36AM0.68m
10:20PM0.79m
10:41AM0.72m
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:58
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6:58
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6:56
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7:30
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7:30
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7:31
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 mm
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1
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1
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1
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Temp °C
13
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
11
11
14
15
15
14
13
14
14
14
15
15
16
14
13
Feels °C
12
13
13
8
8
8
7
8
7
6
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
11
10
12
10
10
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