Fairway Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (22 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (22 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)991010101010101010101010101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242248258332339340333327320320320320320314356314356349342301272266261226
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
2.55
10:38PM
2.43
11:11AM
2.55
11:14PM
2.42
11:47AM
2.54
11:53PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21PM
0.83
4:34AM
0.69
5:01PM
0.85
5:12AM
0.71
5:44PM
0.86
5:53AM
0.74
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---8:15-------8:15-------8:16----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C202021201818171620202121181715151920201917161616
Feels °C (?)211921211919171621202121181715141818191917161615
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