Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 8AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.3
ESE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)812121212141313119111313121087121312168814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232929282562555522222253514652251825352547403932
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
0
SSE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
5
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
2.72
11:18AM
2.78
11:42PM
2.69
11:56AM
2.70
12:20AM
2.63
12:33PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
0.57
5:13PM
0.55
5:25AM
0.63
5:51PM
0.59
6:04AM
0.70
6:28PM
0.65
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise----7:16-------7:16-------7:18---
Sunset-------7:57-------7:55-------7:54
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171615151618181817161615171920191818171618202020
Feels °C (?)171615141617171717161614171719181918181618191820
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