Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 4AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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 (?)
0.1
E
0.1
N
0.6
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)111588814141414888888111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)344376614444131313121211213837585887878285
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
2.87
10:18AM
2.81
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
0.45
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:55-------5:54-------5:53-
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1412321112322----------
Temp. °C161615151616161515151515151718151313131414151614
Feels °C (?)141212121313131313121314151515129991110121210
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