Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fishtraps today (17 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 17s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fishtraps at 11AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 17). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (+13) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Fishtraps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 20°C on Fri morning). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1018 | 1099 | 1292 | 1381 | 1123 | 1096 | 1068 | 1014 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 875 | 864 | 853 | 724 | 623 | 623 | 648 | 875 | 886 | 886 | 875 | 864 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:32AM1.49m | 10:15PM1.41m | 10:27AM1.44m | 11:07PM1.40m | 11:21AM1.36m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:22AM0.17m | 3:56PM-0.00m | 4:19AM0.18m | 4:47PM0.05m | 5:15AM0.21m | 5:37PM0.13m | |||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 7:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 1018 | 1099 | 1292 | 1381 | 1123 | 1096 | 1068 | 1014 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 875 | 864 | 853 | 724 | 623 | 623 | 648 | 875 | 886 | 886 | 875 | 864 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 19 | SW 12 | SE 19 | SE 18 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SSE 7 | SSE 13 |
| kJ | 37 | 126 | 170 | 252 | 243 | 346 | 381 | 367 | 358 | 340 | 461 | 382 | 377 | 372 | 372 | 305 | 301 | 264 | 389 | 206 | 203 | 65 | 390 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | SE 19 | NW 15 | — | S 19 | NW 15 | — | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | ENE 6 | S 18 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | — | ENE 6 | S 22 | S 21 | S 20 | S 20 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSE 14 | S 13 |
| kJ | 14 | 93 | 9 | — | 7 | 9 | — | 42 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 10 | — | 16 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 243 | 116 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 6 |
| kJ | 271 | 257 | 249 | 241 | 241 | 220 | 220 | 212 | 206 | 214 | 170 | 160 | 161 | 169 | 167 | 144 | 139 | 115 | 94 | 181 | 207 | 139 | 139 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 850 | 850 | 861 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 861 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 861 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 861 | 850 | 850 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Tonga - Tongatapu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fishtraps surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest