Fishtraps surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 Apr 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
27.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fishtraps today?

The current surf forecast for Fishtraps at 4AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (22 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151414141414131313131212121212121111111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1513161317531760173619561929184916151591134613261092944827748555486383315268224162157
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
1.31
11:16AM
1.44
12:08AM
1.28
12:16PM
1.39
1:10AM
1.25
1:20PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
0.24
5:48PM
0.05
6:04AM
0.28
6:49PM
0.10
7:09AM
0.32
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:23-------6:23-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------2---------11112
Temp. °C272726262626272726262626262626262626262626262625
Feels °C (?)303029292929313130303029292928282728282827262625
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