Fishtraps Surf Forecast

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Fishtraps surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 +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 24.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fishtraps today?

The current surf forecast for Fishtraps at 5AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s
Evening (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

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

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		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	404	410	366	302	366	692	447	447	447	336	327	242	202	202	168	192	235	257	306	348	313	536	581	371
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				5:17AM 1.29				5:59PM 1.23				6:09AM 1.30				6:45PM 1.27				6:57AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07PM 0.34				11:43AM 0.20				12:01AM 0.31				12:30PM 0.20				12:50AM 0.28					1:13PM 0.21

		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21
Feels °C (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tongatapu

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Fishtraps (light winds from the SSE at Fua Amotu Tonga Airport 26 km from Fishtraps). 0.8m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 10s swell from the S and a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Fishtraps

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26 km away, 1 h 16 min ago

13 km/h

SSE

0.0

24.3

Air / Water (°C)

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