Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 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
21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 3PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (24 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (24 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
Period(s) (?)77778888888999999991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)369440440482509522602705816105514401817203622702658292628892795315638984002351233363413
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
2.67
1:46AM
2.69
2:08PM
2.59
2:42AM
2.62
3:05PM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.57
7:15PM
0.44
7:48AM
0.66
8:09PM
0.54
8:47AM
0.74
9:08PM
0.64
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--7:31-------7:31-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:30-------7:30--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------367554141217253429321566
Temp. °C181819192019191919181818191919191919202020202020
Feels °C (?)151515151515161616141313141414141415151616161616
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