Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.2° C
0.5° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (22 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (22 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Fri night).

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
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
3 PM
6 PM
9 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
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
NE
7
0.4
E
6
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.3
E
5
0.3
E
5
0.2
E
7
0.3
E
5
0.3
E
6
0.3
E
6
0.2
E
6
0.3
E
7
0.3
E
7
0.3
E
7
0.3
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
35
33
24
16
14
11
11
11
5
5
3
5
6
6
4
9
8
8
13
22
36
50
Wind (km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
WSW
10
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:57AM2.60m
2:28PM2.46m
2:45AM2.48m
3:24PM2.38m
3:35AM2.37m
4:23PM2.34m
Low Tide
7:55AM0.74m
8:13PM0.91m
8:43AM0.82m
9:07PM1.00m
9:35AM0.89m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:26
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
 mm
1
11
9
Temp °C
11
10
11
14
15
13
12
12
13
12
13
15
15
13
12
12
13
13
14
15
14
13
14
Feels °C
9
8
9
12
12
10
10
10
11
10
11
13
12
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
8
9
10
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