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Frigates surf break

Frigates surfForecast / Kadavu Passage / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
29.1° 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 4PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121212121212111112121212121213131212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1801771741741691741661111211179412112191130163148190184174157155157155
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
SE
5
E
5
SW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
SSW
15
SSW
5
SE
5
NNE
0
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassononononglassglasscrosscross-
off		glassglassglassononcross-
on		oncross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.36
7:39PM
1.52
8:28AM
1.40
8:20PM
1.50
9:07AM
1.43
9:02PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
0.44
2:09AM
0.17
2:17PM
0.43
2:45AM
0.18
3:01PM
0.42
3:23AM
0.21
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise5:46------5:47-------5:47-------5:48
Sunset---6:50-------6:50-------6:50----
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---3674-----------------
Temp. °C282829282827272727282929282827272828282828282727
Feels °C (?)333233333129293032333233333331303130293031312929
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