Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairway Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fairway Reef at 5AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)14888888111111111111111111111111887108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)413131211202021383758828585828583825714914650269116
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
W
5
SW
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
12:58PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:54-------5:53-------5:52-
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1-1------------------
Temp. °C151414131517181514131313141616141312121212151715
Feels °C (?)1413141214161613129101012131311109998121412
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