Fairway Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.94° S 173.49° E

Fairway Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairway Reef sea temperature is
16.5° C
0.6° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 11PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
110
237
188
253
223
186
173
173
169
137
157
176
140
140
140
128
133
214
104
77
72
50
48
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
2:47PM2.41m
3:11AM2.53m
3:48PM2.46m
4:11AM2.55m
4:56PM2.54m
5:16AM2.58m
Low Tide
8:52PM0.87m
9:29AM0.70m
9:56PM0.88m
10:30AM0.67m
11:04PM0.86m
11:33AM0.62m
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:29
5:30
5:30
 mm
2
Temp °C
14
12
12
12
11
11
12
13
13
11
11
12
12
11
11
13
14
12
10
10
10
10
11
12
Feels °C
11
8
7
7
6
6
6
7
8
7
8
9
9
8
9
11
12
9
7
7
6
6
8
9
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