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Lighthouse Surf Forecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 30 Mar 2023 +13
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Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is 27.8 °C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 27.2 max: 28.8 min: 26.0 °C)
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Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is 27.8 °C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 27.2 max: 28.8 min: 26.0 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Lighthouse (light winds from the SE at Fua Amotu Tonga Airport 26 km from Lighthouse).

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26 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

Light
13 km/h
SE
27.9
27.8
Air / Water (°C)
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How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 3PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
333212222222102111100000000000000000102233332333333333333331
Swell
Height Map
T tonga.htsgw.metric.3.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.6.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.12.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.18.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.21.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.27.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.42.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.45.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.51.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.66.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.69.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.75.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.90.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.93.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.99.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.114.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.117.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.123.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.138.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.141.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.147.cc23
T tonga.htsgw.metric.162.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.165.cc23T tonga.htsgw.metric.171.cc23
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141413131314141414141313131212121212111111111110101414181317161616151515141413161615151414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3133093012512452412381951891511471441111131532071891981921841781331131067271694140403922212029298259137167366486444557535520520340603532512410346341341341336331268212
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
1.14
3:26AM
1.04
3:28PM
1.12
4:20AM
1.05
4:22PM
1.13
5:08AM
1.09
5:12PM
1.15
5:52AM
1.13
5:59PM
1.18
6:32AM
1.18
6:43PM
1.21
7:09AM
1.23
7:25PM
1.23
7:46AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
0.48
9:07PM
0.34
9:20AM
0.49
10:02PM
0.35
10:16AM
0.48
10:51PM
0.34
11:06AM
0.45
11:36PM
0.32
11:53AM
0.41
12:17AM
0.30
12:36PM
0.36
12:55AM
0.29
1:17PM
0.31
1:33AM
0.28
1:58PM
0.26

Note: the tide data above is for Corners which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Lighthouse.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Lighthouse blow from the SSE

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262626262626262626262626262626262626272726262626262626262626262625252626262625252625262525252524252525252525252525252626
Feels °C (?)282828272627262626262626252527262627272725252525252526252525252524242625252525242625262424252524252625252425252525252626
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset--6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------6:40-------6:39-------6:38-------6:37-------6:37-

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