Frigates Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.46° S 178.01° E

Frigates 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Frigates sea temperature is
24.9° C
0.1° 

Frigates surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Frigates today (06 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Frigates at 9PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)--
Afternoon (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Fri morning). Mainly near gales.

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
2.5
SE
8
3
SE
8
3
SE
8
3
SE
9
3
SE
9
2
S
10
1.8
S
11
1.8
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.1
S
12
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
1
S
11
1.2
SSE
9
0.9
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
780
665
656
756
1249
1019
1306
1404
834
804
693
608
596
319
199
205
244
265
202
Wind (km/h)
35
SE
35
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
45
E
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
00:30AM1.48m
1:17PM1.24m
1:31AM1.50m
2:27PM1.26m
Low Tide
6:02PM0.44m
7:05AM0.33m
7:05PM0.47m
8:11AM0.28m
8:12PM0.46m
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:53
5:53
5:54
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
22
21
21
21
21
21
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
21
21
21
21
Feels °C
15
16
14
14
13
13
13
12
13
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
13
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