Motels Surf Forecast

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Motels surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 04 Sep 2025 +13

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Motels surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Motels sea temperature is 24.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Motels today?

The current surf forecast for Motels at 2PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Afternoon (04 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (04 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

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	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	952	833	799	1024	996	1070	1218	1461	1690	1835	1888	1961	2130	1740	1588	1434	1166	1078	943	786	615	599	548	486
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	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)				5:01PM 1.05				5:01AM 1.21				5:48PM 1.12				5:50AM 1.27				6:33PM 1.20				6:39AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.32				10:48PM 0.45				11:32AM 0.27				11:39PM 0.40				12:17PM 0.21				12:29AM 0.33

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23
Feels °C (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tongatapu

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Motels (moderate winds from the SE at Fua Amotu Tonga Airport 26 km from Motels). 1.0m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the SW and a 0.5m 14s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 36 minutes ago Motels

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26 km away, 1 h 36 min ago

22 km/h

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24.4

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