Frigates Surf Forecast

/ Kadavu Passage (14 surf breaks) /

Fiji (26 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.46° S 178.01° E)

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Frigates surfForecast / Kadavu Passage / Fiji

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 +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 25.8° 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 7AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (19 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s

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

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	299	390	390	407	342	342	193	162	170	113	114	124	148	193	211	261	306	314	357	342	318	281	268	216
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:21AM 1.49				5:06PM 1.44				5:10AM 1.50				5:47PM 1.48				5:55AM 1.51					6:25PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				10:47AM 0.20				11:05PM 0.37				11:30AM 0.20				11:50PM 0.33					12:09PM 0.21

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	17	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kadavu Passage

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Frigates (light winds from the SE at Nausori 74 km from Frigates). 0.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 42 minutes ago Frigates

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