Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Issued: 5 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is

16.4° 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 (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 12							Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	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	9 PM	12 AM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	N 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 6
Wave Graph
kJ	74	72	248	49	48	48	33	61	60	42	40	26	25	25	13	19	10	8	8	8	31	10	9	31
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		5:16AM2.58m					6:03PM2.65m				6:25AM2.64m				7:08PM2.77m				7:31AM2.72m				8:10PM2.89m
Low Tide				11:33AM0.62m					00:10AM0.80m				12:36PM0.56m				1:14AM0.72m				1:36PM0.49m


	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	7:31
	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:31
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	15	14	14
Feels °C	8	8	8	10	12	13	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	15	15	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	NNW 6	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 6
kJ	74	72	156	49	18	19	14	61	60	42	40	26	25	25	13	19	7	8	8	77	31	45	34	31
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	ESE 10	SE 10	NE 11	ESE 9	NW 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9
kJ	3	2	2	2	48	48	33	2	2	2	12	12	12	12	10	5	10	4	5	8	26	10	9	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 17	W 16	W 16	W 16	N 11	N 11	N 11	E 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 9	NE 11	NE 11	SE 10	NE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	6	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	3	5	5	4	5	10	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 9	ESE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 3	N 3	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	NNW 6	—	—	—	—
kJ	37	40	248	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	7	15	34	72	97	97	116	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Hicks Bay East Cape	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	4	1	4	4	4	4	1	3	1	1	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	7	7	7	32	41	7	31	31	31	31	52	122	522	121	122	122	122	122	83	12	15	15	15	21
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach		Ngunguru Bar	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Taupo Bay	Taupo Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3		1	3	2	3	4	3	1	1	2	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Piha North Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shag Rock Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	5
Header Global	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Etang-Sale Reunion	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Benkunqut Indonesia	Injidup Carpark Australia	Bancoora Australia	Bullies Australia	Bullies Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia
Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	9	9

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