Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 11 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.0° C

Fairway Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 7PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	96	96	96	98	98	154	154	151	135	135	135	133	131	129	121	117	115	113	111	111	111
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SSW	SW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	E	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	7:11AM2.31m				7:52PM2.47m				7:57AM2.37m				8:34PM2.53m				8:39AM2.43m
Low Tide			1:08PM0.88m				1:37AM0.99m				1:52PM0.81m				2:21AM0.91m				2:33PM0.74m


	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	12	14	15	13	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15
Feels °C	9	10	12	11	10	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	96	96	96	98	98	154	154	151	135	135	135	133	131	129	121	117	115	113	111	111	111
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	SE 6	NE 10	ESE 6	ESE 5	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 4	N 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	4	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	7	2	6	6	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 11	W 11	W 11	N 11	N 10	—	—	—	—	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	NE 9	NE 12	N 9	N 9	NE 9	W 18	W 18
kJ	5	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	3	3	3	6	2	2	3	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 2	—	SSE 6	SW 3	SW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 4	N 4	NNW 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5
kJ	1	—	6	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	13	10	11	7	7	19	48
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	7	0	0	0	7	7	7	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	52	0	0	110	110	110	110
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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