Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
17.7°C
0.7° 

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 (10 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 3AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 09). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (10 Nov)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (10 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
6
2
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.5
NNE
6
1.5
NNE
6
2.1
NNE
7
2.5
NNE
7
2.1
NNE
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
8
1.7
NNE
8
1.6
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.3
NNE
7
1.1
N
7
1.1
N
7
0.9
ENE
7
1.2
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
1
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
261
265
342
298
173
186
167
363
724
444
379
383
331
268
192
145
107
107
93
147
75
107
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
25
N
25
N
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
9:16PM2.57m
9:49AM2.65m
9:58PM2.55m
10:30AM2.65m
10:38PM2.51m
Low Tide
2:52PM0.71m
3:12AM0.57m
3:35PM0.72m
3:53AM0.60m
4:17PM0.75m
4:32AM0.64m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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 mm
4
4
3
1
2
2
1
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3
4
5
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Temp °C
18
19
19
18
18
17
19
18
19
19
17
17
16
16
18
19
19
18
16
15
15
15
Feels °C
17
17
17
16
16
16
18
16
16
17
16
17
16
16
17
16
18
16
16
15
15
15
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