Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)7777121212121212121212111111111111106111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)676751598611911911783828179525048242323232213121212
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
5
E
5
ENE
10
N
10
N
5
NE
15
N
30
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
2.52
6:21PM
2.43
6:56AM
2.56
7:23PM
2.49
7:50AM
2.62
8:18PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.80
12:20AM
0.74
12:56PM
0.75
1:18AM
0.69
1:50PM
0.67
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise--7:35-------7:35-------7:37-----
Sunset-----7:25-------7:23-------7:22--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------241---------------
Temp. °C181819212020202120192022212018181817171919161516
Feels °C (?)202020222122201820192020191917171614141515131314
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