Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 05 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
NE
4
NE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)78887777888999999999991011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33842244544540543148565568976410402058261127561203919812731650549476444553575
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
5
NNW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
2.60
10:57AM
2.50
11:24PM
2.53
11:31AM
2.43
11:59PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.60
4:34AM
0.74
4:52PM
0.67
5:14AM
0.82
5:29PM
0.75
5:56AM
0.90
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-6:15-------6:14-------6:13------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---111116161343331-------
Temp. °C201919181818191919181819191920212120191818181921
Feels °C (?)171617161515161516151516161618202222201919192023
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