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Chickens surf break

Chickens surfForecast / North Male Atoll / Maldives

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 +05
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Chickens surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chickens sea temperature is
30.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chickens today?

The current surf forecast for Chickens at 3PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)913131313131111111010101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)821581561181161161862222141982042002001791451421361331301031271248888
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
0
WNW
0
SW
0
ESE
5
NE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
0.97
2:20AM
0.73
3:42PM
0.90
2:50AM
0.68
4:25PM
0.82
3:22AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
-0.08
9:01PM
0.30
8:43AM
-0.04
9:35PM
0.34
9:18AM
0.03
10:16PM
0.39
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------
Sunset---6:10-------6:10-------6:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282828292929282828282929292928282828292929282828
Feels °C (?)333232333333323232323332333331313132333232313031
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