Fairway Reef Surf Break

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 11 pm 05 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.8° C

Slightly warmer than usual

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 (06 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 3AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 05). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (06 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (06 Jul)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun night, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun night, light winds from the SSE by Tue morning).

Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
11
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
1.5
N
8
1.2
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
12
0.7
ESE
11
0.6
E
11
0.7
ESE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
223
177
141
141
108
106
104
108
83
83
78
75
53
53
54
295
177
95
52
51
99
123
86
117
Wind (km/h)
30
N
35
WNW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
15
NE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:07AM2.57m
12:20PM2.41m
00:47AM2.55m
1:04PM2.40m
1:31AM2.54m
1:52PM2.39m
Low Tide
6:14AM0.77m
6:20PM0.77m
6:58AM0.75m
7:05PM0.81m
7:44AM0.74m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:27
5:27
5:28
 mm
2
8
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
4
6
1
5
4
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
12
13
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
13
Feels °C
10
7
4
6
6
5
6
7
6
5
8
9
11
11
11
9
8
7
7
8
9
8
8
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
11
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
2.4
NNW
9
2.2
NNW
9
1.8
NNW
8
1.5
N
8
1.2
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
12
0.7
ESE
11
0.6
E
11
0.7
ESE
11
Energy kJ
223
177
141
141
108
106
104
108
83
83
78
75
900
708
470
295
177
95
42
51
99
123
86
117
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
9
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
0.5
NW
13
0.4
NW
16
0.5
NW
17
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
N
8
0.4
NNW
8
0.3
NW
8
0.3
NW
8
0.2
NNW
8
Energy kJ
3
2
2
78
94
137
53
53
54
57
56
53
52
29
20
9
9
6
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
17
0.4
NW
17
0.3
NW
18
0.2
WNW
18
0.1
NW
17
0.1
NW
17
0.1
NW
17
0.1
NW
16
0.2
E
12
0.3
SE
5
0.1
NE
8
0.1
NW
12
Energy kJ
6
100
48
31
12
11
11
11
12
4
3
5
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NNW
5
2.2
NW
7
3
NW
7
2.4
NW
7
2.1
NW
6
2.2
NW
7
2.3
NW
7
2.2
NW
7
2.5
NNW
7
3
NNW
8
3
NNW
9
2.5
NNW
9
3
NNW
9
0.5
S
3
1
SSW
4
1
SSW
4
1
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
1
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
4
Energy kJ
138
414
791
573
361
423
500
450
664
1103
1189
1076
1266
5
30
37
38
22
21
34
31
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
5
5
5
9
5
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Distance (km)
232
462
139
136
136
136
289
136
232
232
232
49
41
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
273
275
7
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
9
5
3
5
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
6
6
5
4
6
5
7
6
9
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
8
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
7
9
9
9
8
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