Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
15.2°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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 9AM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
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
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
12
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
E
18
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
10
10
9
4
7
16
14
29
30
43
43
61
Wind (km/h)
5
S
10
S
5
SW
10
NW
15
W
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
N
15
WNW
20
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:27PM2.72m
00:47AM2.64m
1:16PM2.68m
1:37AM2.57m
2:09PM2.62m
Low Tide
5:59AM0.39m
6:25PM0.59m
6:47AM0.44m
7:18PM0.65m
7:38AM0.52m
8:15PM0.72m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:29
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Temp °C
13
13
15
17
18
17
15
14
13
13
13
16
17
14
12
11
10
11
12
17
18
15
13
Feels °C
11
10
13
14
14
13
12
12
11
11
12
13
14
10
10
9
7
10
11
15
13
12
11
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