Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 7PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.7
NE
1
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.8
NNE
2
NNE
Period(s) (?)10151515151010141313131313131313124556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4444422443141433334154495131160222300
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
2.48
5:54AM
2.40
6:27PM
2.54
6:53AM
2.46
7:19PM
2.60
7:45AM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
0.87
11:52AM
0.78
12:27AM
0.81
12:48PM
0.73
1:18AM
0.73
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:20-------6:18-------6:16-
Sunset-6:19-------6:19-------6:20------
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-22---------------------
Temp. °C171514131212141516131211111011131414141515151515
Feels °C (?)121111999101011999988109109910999
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fairway Reef (light winds from the WNW at Tokerau Beach wx 12 km from Fairway Reef). 0.1m 10s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 50 min ago

8 km/h
WNW
Clean
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