Frigates surf break

Frigates surfForecast / Kadavu Passage / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 +12
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Frigates surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frigates sea temperature is
29.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Frigates today?

The current surf forecast for Frigates at 9AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313121212121212121116161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145213261326132611551077922908745628525412347347265211183171169169169169164113
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NE
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
1.27
1:06PM
1.51
1:53AM
1.26
2:07PM
1.53
3:04AM
1.28
3:10PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.42
7:41PM
0.31
7:42AM
0.45
8:48PM
0.25
8:50AM
0.44
9:52PM
0.17
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset-----6:50-------6:49-------6:49--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------122775----
Temp. °C272727272727272727272728282828272627262627272727
Feels °C (?)272727272727272627262626262727262429292930312929
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

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 Frigates 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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest