Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Chickens today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Chickens at 8PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (+05) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Chickens. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 53mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Fri night, min 25°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 407 | 493 | 487 | 620 | 362 | 275 | 272 | 334 | 449 | 472 | 351 | 317 | 312 | 307 | 360 | 448 | 697 | 1048 | 924 | 1094 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 2:59PM0.74m | 4:05AM0.77m | 3:12PM0.68m | 4:37AM0.69m | 3:18PM0.62m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:22PM0.06m | 9:46AM0.34m | 9:46PM0.12m | 10:10AM0.40m | 10:10PM0.18m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — | — |
mm | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
Feels °C | 28 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | W 5 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 361 | 361 | 487 | 620 | 205 | 195 | 198 | 42 | 449 | 472 | 351 | 317 | 312 | 307 | 249 | 246 | 697 | 1048 | 924 | 1094 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 12 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | WNW 5 | SSW 18 | WNW 5 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | WNW 6 | SW 13 | S 7 | S 9 |
| kJ | 407 | 493 | 289 | 163 | 362 | 275 | 272 | 334 | 37 | 149 | 149 | 42 | 186 | 32 | 360 | 448 | 30 | 79 | 38 | 96 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | WNW 9 | SSW 12 | SSW 20 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 19 | ESE 8 | SSW 18 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | SSW 13 | SE 8 | SSW 9 | SE 7 |
| kJ | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 147 | 77 | 11 | 11 | 146 | 6 | 283 | 29 | 30 | 113 | 21 | 48 | 12 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | — | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | — | WNW 5 | — | WNW 6 | SW 4 | SW 4 | NW 6 | WNW 6 | NW 6 |
| kJ | 22 | 52 | 110 | 121 | 82 | 56 | 43 | — | 50 | 52 | 59 | — | 32 | — | 35 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 25 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 263 | 263 | 263 | 263 | 263 | 48 | 263 | 263 | 263 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 750 | 947 | 947 | 1833 | 947 | 263 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North Male Atoll | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Maldives | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Chickens 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.
Nearest