Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
20.8° 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 4PM is: 7.0m 15s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 6.0m 15s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)18ft (5.5m)14s
Afternoon (11 Apr)23ft (7.0m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)20ft (6.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
0
0
6
7
5
4
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
6
ENE
6
ENE
6
ENE
5.5
ENE
5
ENE
4.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)141415151414141313131212121111111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1062215779194141477915471141271177989946987412520441010678576476451367354296249249206200153
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
2.17
3:14AM
2.25
3:22PM
2.16
4:16AM
2.28
4:28PM
2.19
5:15AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.06
8:43PM
1.01
9:28AM
1.05
9:43PM
0.99
10:26AM
0.98
10:44PM
0.93
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:46-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:05----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----7723----------2-----
Temp. °C202021212020202020192019181817181921181817171716
Feels °C (?)161718181618181817141616161816171718161516161614
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