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Kadu surfForecast / North Male Atoll / Maldives

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 +05
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Kadu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kadu sea temperature is
30.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kadu today?

The current surf forecast for Kadu at 4PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)1413131313111111101010101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1021581188787952261802101941901861681481451451391081061271031016867
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
0
NW
0
W
5
E
0
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoffglassglassoffcross-
off
offglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
0.97
2:28AM
0.73
3:45PM
0.90
2:58AM
0.68
4:27PM
0.81
3:30AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
-0.07
9:06PM
0.28
8:49AM
-0.03
9:40PM
0.33
9:23AM
0.04
10:20PM
0.38
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise5:58-------5:56-------5:56-------
Sunset---6:10-------6:10-------6:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282828292929282828282929292928282828292929282828
Feels °C (?)333232333333323332323332323331313132323232313031
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