Lighthouse surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 +13
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Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is
27.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 10AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141212131212121211111011121213131313121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117214001544198917681610149411609116315107509931453175615841535136912251059865685673600
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
1.14
1:28AM
1.02
1:26PM
1.11
2:22AM
1.02
2:19PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.48
7:08PM
0.35
7:15AM
0.51
8:00PM
0.37
8:10AM
0.52
8:52PM
0.37
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----6:35-------6:34-------6:32---
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
8631111----------1-1231-
Temp. °C272727272727272727272727272727272626262726262525
Feels °C (?)262526272829302928282829292929292728272926262528
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