Surf Forecasts:
Fishermans Reef surf forecast from 25 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 31 Jul, 6AM (local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period, N swell with 281 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fishermans Reef this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Fishermans Reef in the next 16 days are 1.9m 6s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 31) at 6AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 2.2m 7s period and expected on Friday (Jul 31) at 12PM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 6AM (Fri 31st Jul) | 6ft (1.9m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fishermans Reef over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what’s on the cards for Fishermans Reef.
To be straight with you, this is a tough stretch. Fishermans Reef rarely breaks, and this run of forecasts is a perfect example of why. For the vast majority of the next two weeks, the surf is small, the conditions are messy, and the scores are flat. There are long gaps where there's simply nothing to get excited about. You'll be looking at a whole lot of flat or poor quality days right through the end of July and into the first week of August.
The only real spike in energy arrives around the 8th of August. That Saturday morning and afternoon see a bump in swell to 6ft from the NE, with the combined swell energy jumping to 354 and then 449 – that's a solid pulse of energy. But honestly, the wind is howling from the E at 15 mph, right onshore, making it choppy and messy. Even though the swell is there, it's going to be poor quality. Given the weak, messy setup here, this is looking more like a day for the kite surfers than for paddle surfing. It's simply not worth paddling out for the average surfer.
Before that, there's a tiny window on the morning of Wednesday the 29th of July. The swell is a mere 2ft from the E, with a period of 13 seconds, and the combined energy is 123 – weak. But the wind is dead calm, glassy. The sets will be clean, but there's barely any wave to ride, and the location rarely breaks as it is. Don't get your hopes up.
Beyond that, the following days are all small, onshore or cross-shore, and the scores stay at zero. The 10th of August fades back into strong onshore wind and tiny surf. It's a bleak outlook, I know. But that's Fishermans Reef for you; when it's not on, it's really not on.
Keep an eye on the charts, but for now, I'd save the drive.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the N by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | ||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 13 | E 12 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | N 5 | E 11 | N 7 | E 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 66 | 61 | 41 | 89 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 138 | 121 | 119 | 148 | 102 | 100 | 108 | 63 | 181 | 61 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 4:30AM2.33m | 5:19PM2.39m | 5:25AM2.33m | 6:08PM2.45m | 6:14AM2.37m | 6:51PM2.52m | 6:59AM2.43m | 7:31PM2.59m | 7:41AM2.49m | 8:10PM2.66m | 8:23AM2.56m | 8:49PM2.71m | |||||||
Low Tide | 10:23PM1.11m | 10:38AM1.07m | 11:17PM1.11m | 11:32AM1.06m | 00:08AM1.08m | 12:25PM1.00m | 00:56AM1.04m | 1:12PM0.92m | 1:40AM0.97m | 1:54PM0.83m | 2:21AM0.90m | 2:34PM0.76m | |||||||
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 | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:35 | — |
mm | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
Feels °C | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 13 | E 12 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | N 7 | N 7 |
| kJ | 66 | 61 | 37 | 89 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 138 | 121 | 119 | 148 | 102 | 100 | 65 | 63 | 181 | 44 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | — | ENE 14 | N 6 | N 6 | E 6 | E 5 | N 11 | ESE 5 | E 5 | N 10 | N 9 | — | — | N 12 | N 19 | NE 18 | E 12 | E 11 |
| kJ | 4 | — | 41 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 61 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 17 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | N 6 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 19 | NE 11 | NE 18 | NE 17 |
| kJ | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | — | SE 2 | SSE 3 | S 3 | SSW 3 | S 3 | SSE 2 | — | — | — | — | — | N 3 | NNE 4 | N 5 | N 7 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 |
| kJ | 46 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 20 | 108 | 328 | 3 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 46 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 116 | 349 | 74 | 32 | 5 |
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