Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.2° C
0.4° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 12AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)--
Afternoon (15 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (15 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
N
5
0.6
N
5
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
E
14
0.2
ESE
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
ESE
14
0.3
E
18
0.4
ESE
18
0.5
E
17
0.5
E
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
19
9
9
9
10
10
10
13
12
23
23
23
22
22
11
15
16
12
20
58
103
153
146
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
0
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:10PM2.89m
8:32AM2.80m
9:08PM2.98m
9:29AM2.85m
10:02PM3.02m
10:23AM2.86m
Low Tide
1:36PM0.49m
2:13AM0.64m
2:33PM0.43m
3:09AM0.58m
3:25PM0.41m
4:02AM0.55m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
5:32
5:32
 mm
Temp °C
17
15
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
14
14
14
14
15
16
18
16
15
14
13
13
13
14
Feels °C
15
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
17
15
14
13
12
12
12
13
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