Frigates Surf Forecast

/ Kadavu Passage (14 surf breaks) /

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

Surf Forecasts:

Frigates surfForecast / Kadavu Passage / Fiji

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 30 Aug 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 26.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frigates today?

The current surf forecast for Frigates at 5PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (30 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

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	Saturday 30					Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	112	92	59	60	57	55	50	49	49	198	314	403	469	581	594	549	531	455	407	355	362	366	663	1032
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:29AM 1.18				11:37PM 1.32					12:28PM 1.12				12:30AM 1.29				1:31PM 1.10				1:28AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				5:17PM 0.56					6:13AM 0.46				6:09PM 0.61				7:13AM 0.47				7:09PM 0.64

	Saturday 30					Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23
Feels °C (?)	23	22	22	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	24	24	25	22	22	23	23	23	22	20	21	21	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kadavu Passage

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Frigates (calm at Vunisea (Kandavu Island) 67 km from Frigates). 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 7s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 6 minutes ago Frigates

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