Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
21.1° 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 4AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.5
E
0.6
N
0.3
N
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)111110109998810814999999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)225292250190134102745166505233252527262727272723232222
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
W
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
NNW
10
N
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12PM
2.56
10:40AM
2.72
10:56PM
2.61
11:21AM
2.75
11:39PM
2.64
12:03PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
0.57
4:37PM
0.60
4:49AM
0.53
5:21PM
0.52
5:33AM
0.52
6:04PM
0.48
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------8:15-------8:15-------8:14
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616171921222118192019182222201717161518212120
Feels °C (?)151414151618191917192019161918171717151416191920
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