Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.6°C

Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 7PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 5	N 6	NE 7	NNE 6	N 6	N 7	NE 7	NNE 7	ENE 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7
Wave Graph
kJ	193	193	198	177	173	173	136	161	161	113	80	76	79	125	91	225	86	154	151	178	35	82	66	72
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	N	NE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide				5:58PM2.57m				6:31AM2.47m				6:52PM2.58m					7:28AM2.53m				7:43PM2.58m
Low Tide		11:23AM0.74m				00:00AM0.67m				12:23PM0.74m				00:53AM0.63m					1:17PM0.73m				1:43AM0.59m


	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—
	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	8:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	19	18	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	19	20	20	19	18	17	17	19	20	20	19	19	19	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	N 15	N 6	ENE 8	NE 7	NNE 7	ENE 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7
kJ	193	193	198	177	173	173	136	161	161	113	80	76	61	55	91	17	86	39	151	178	35	82	66	72
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	WNW 8	WNW 8	NW 8	N 15	N 9	NE 7	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	2	5	17	7	7	3	4	2	62	20	45	20	20	34	34	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 19	N 19	N 18	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 16	N 10	WNW 9	N 15	N 10	N 15	N 12	N 12	ENE 8	N 14	NE 12	NE 12	N 13	N 13	N 14	NW 7
kJ	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	2	8	4	2	4	3	3	28	4	6	5	3	13	36	27
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 6	—	—	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	—	N 7	NW 4	NW 5	NNW 7	NW 6	NW 7	NW 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	21	37	59	79	125	127	225	—	154	45	38	161	52	64	56
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	40	32	0	0	0	0	31	0	39	39	31	31	83	31	83	0	252	213	193	110	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	The Box	Fairway Reef	Te Paki	Ninety Mile Beach	The Box	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Fairway Reef			Daniels Reef	Pakiri beach	Fairway Reef	Moureeses	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	2	1	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Paki Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Makorori Point Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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