Bird Island Surf Forecast

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Northern Mariana Islands (2 surf breaks)

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Bird Island surfForecast / Saipan / Northern Mariana Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 12 Aug 2025 ChST

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Bird Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Bird Island sea temperature is 29.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bird Island today?

The current surf forecast for Bird Island at 5AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ChST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (12 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	290	247	244	204	183	154	154	171	158	166	162	160	142	96	94	108	123	123	121	120	106	106	97	113
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	ESE	S	N	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 0.72			8:28AM 0.67					10:20PM 0.73			9:43AM 0.64					10:41PM 0.73				11:10AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 0.50				3:27PM 0.22					4:29AM 0.43				4:07PM 0.31				5:24AM 0.35				4:49PM 0.41

	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Feels °C (?)	29	29	29	31	31	32	33	31	32	31	31	33	33	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	33

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Saipan

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bird Island (light winds from the ESE at Saipan International Airport 22 km from Bird Island). 0.3m 13s groundswell from the ENE with a 0.2m 7s swell from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 18 minutes ago Bird Island

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22 km away, 1 h 18 min ago

9 km/h

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0.0

29.6

Air / Water (°C)

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