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Chickens surfForecast / North Male Atoll / Maldives

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 16 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 9PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
ENE
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
ENE
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121220207141818717161616161611141591414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1661511461461513362531481532763991231532322291311832396113414256140138
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
0.50
12:59AM
0.83
12:19PM
0.54
1:27AM
0.88
12:57PM
0.59
1:53AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.15
7:29AM
0.34
6:19PM
0.11
7:49AM
0.30
6:54PM
0.08
8:11AM
0.26
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:18-
Sunset-6:10-------6:12-------6:12------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272727272626272727272727272727272727272626262626
Feels °C (?)272625262525262626262727282929292930302929292928
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