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Chickens surfForecast / North Male Atoll / Maldives

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
28.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chickens today?

The current surf forecast for Chickens at 7AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1212146131313121814141313121212122019714181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10399134718785108103121148187171166151148146149336251148134276399225
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.72
10:19AM
0.46
12:28AM
0.78
11:33AM
0.50
12:59AM
0.83
12:19PM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
0.43
4:50PM
0.20
7:13AM
0.38
5:40PM
0.15
7:29AM
0.34
6:19PM
0.11
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--6:16-------6:16-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:10-------6:12--
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1------------1----------
Temp. °C272727272727272726272727272727272626272727272727
Feels °C (?)282827272626272726272627272525262525252727272727
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