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Five Islands surfForecast / Huvadhoo Atoll / Maldives

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 +05
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Five Islands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Five Islands sea temperature is
28.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Five Islands today?

The current surf forecast for Five Islands at 4AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)141414131313141413131312121211111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10095915655888993928984112104134163202194233229233229180187180
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
1.11
4:18PM
0.96
4:24AM
1.06
4:59PM
0.93
4:50AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
0.17
10:14AM
0.19
10:10PM
0.25
10:46AM
0.19
10:45PM
0.34
11:22AM
0.20
Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise----6:15-------6:15-------6:15---
Sunset-------6:21-------6:21-------6:22
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--------11--11--11-----
Temp. °C282827272727272827272727272727282727272728272828
Feels °C (?)292928282928283029292929282827292726262628272929
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