Secret spot?We can hide it! The Bowl Surf Forecast / Tongatapu / Tonga6 Day Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 26 May 2013 TOTThe Bowl surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
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| Energy (?) | 258 | 217 | 222 | 333 | 250 | 192 | 138 | 72 | 427 | 1111 | 1529 | 1750 | 1953 | 5821 | 4840 | 2890 | 1006 | 932 | ||||||
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Wind (km/h) |
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
cross- off |
cross- off |
cross | cross | cross | cross- on |
cross- on |
on | cross- on |
off | cross- off |
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High Tide / height (m) |
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7:54AM 1.64 |
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8:28PM 1.48 |
8:49AM 1.60 |
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9:26PM 1.44 |
9:47AM 1.55 |
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10:28PM 1.41 |
10:49AM 1.48 |
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11:32PM 1.39 |
11:54AM 1.43 |
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12:38AM 1.38 |
1:00PM 1.38 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
1:25AM 0.23 |
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2:10PM 0.17 |
2:21AM 0.26 |
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3:07PM 0.20 |
3:22AM 0.30 |
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4:08PM 0.24 |
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4:27AM 0.34 |
5:11PM 0.27 |
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5:36AM 0.36 |
6:14PM 0.30 |
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6:44AM 0.37 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Nuku`alofa, Tonga which is 15 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for The Bowl. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Key to wind character - offshore winds at The Bowl blow from the SE
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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is 26.5 °C (Statistics for 26 May 1981-2005 - mean: 25.0 max: 26.2 min: 23.8 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the E on Sat night, light winds from the NW by Tue afternoon). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Tue night, min 21°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, gales from the SSE by Wed afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
| Low °C | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | 7:07 | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | 7:09 | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | - | 18:07 | - | - | 18:07 | - | - | 18:07 | - | - | 18:07 | - | - | 18:07 | - | - | 18:07 | ||||||
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FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Bowl surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for The Bowl at:
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Information about the The Bowl Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for The Bowl provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at The Bowl can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our The Bowl surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (The Bowl) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for The Bowl may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
The Bowl is 2 km (1 miles) from Neiafu. If you plan a holiday in Tongatapu, look for hotels and other accommodation in Neiafu. Neiafu has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
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