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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
18.5° 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 3PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)101099999999910101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)358351336287293242227227242248312332346340333327320320320320320320320320
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
0
ESE
5
E
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
S
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		crossglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
2.54
10:02PM
2.43
10:35AM
2.55
10:38PM
2.43
11:11AM
2.55
11:14PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
0.82
3:56AM
0.68
4:21PM
0.83
4:34AM
0.69
5:01PM
0.85
5:12AM
0.71
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---8:14-------8:15-------8:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------111----
Temp. °C192020191817171720212120191818181920212018171616
Feels °C (?)191919201917171720202121211919192020222219181616
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