Frigates surf break

Frigates surfForecast / Kadavu Passage / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 +12
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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
29.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frigates today?

The current surf forecast for Frigates at 8PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
0
0
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111414131313131313121212151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)429421335247242242211312379669659649640630546466384330496503463553701846
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
5
NW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
E
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
1.72
7:22PM
1.54
7:30AM
1.73
8:14PM
1.52
8:19AM
1.71
9:09PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.05
1:18AM
0.23
1:58PM
0.02
2:07AM
0.26
2:50PM
0.02
3:00AM
0.32
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset--5:55-------5:54-------5:54-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11111-----373---1-22121-
Temp. °C262626262626262626272727262626262627272727262626
Feels °C (?)262626262626262626272831262830303031313131292929
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