Fishtraps surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 08 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
24.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)151615151414141415151515121014141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)42343350645659050434546567475311251471149310822086182517811537135915411276121110951043
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
35
NNE
35
N
30
NW
25
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.29
7:27AM
1.37
8:00PM
1.37
8:17AM
1.39
8:45PM
1.43
9:07AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
0.25
1:44PM
0.13
2:07AM
0.18
2:29PM
0.11
2:57AM
0.12
3:15PM
0.11
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise---6:45-------6:43-------6:43----
Sunset------6:32-------6:32-------6:34-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1457911512---------------
Temp. °C232425242120212121212121212121202020202020201919
Feels °C (?)212122222020202019191717171718161616161515151413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tongatapu

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fishtraps (moderate winds from the N at Fua Amotu Tonga Airport 26 km from Fishtraps). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
N
0.0
24.2
Air / Water (°C)
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