Fishtraps surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 +13
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Fishtraps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fishtraps sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fishtraps today?

The current surf forecast for Fishtraps at 9AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)181716161616161615151515151515151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)300273254251302245245242233176174174215212209255443367336317308416313416
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
NE
35
NNE
40
N
35
N
30
N
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
1.37
10:40PM
1.30
11:03AM
1.39
11:31PM
1.26
11:52AM
1.38
12:27AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.18
4:32PM
0.20
4:46AM
0.20
5:22PM
0.19
5:33AM
0.24
6:16PM
0.19
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:13--
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Rain (mm)
23--128132-12111111311--
Temp. °C272727282827262727272828282828282828272627272727
Feels °C (?)303129303129283030293131323232313029262426262829
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