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Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 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
20.3° 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 10PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
E
0.1
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)101114888888111111111111111111111111888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2241313121111202138375858858582858312882172183176
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset5:55-------5:54-------5:53-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
22------1---------------
Temp. °C161514141413141717151313121214151614121212121216
Feels °C (?)14141313131213161513111099111212119988813
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