Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.27° S 177.89° E

Issued: 5 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pipes sea temperature is

24.8°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Pipes today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 18s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 18s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pipes at 12PM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	18s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	18s
Evening (08 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 22°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 8							Friday 9								Saturday 10
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	312	826	826	711	703	717	700	700	717	735	640	602	587	580	587	447	441	441	436	447	429	319	316
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	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	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:15AM1.55m				4:50PM1.61m				5:06AM1.57m				5:32PM1.66m				5:52AM1.57m					6:10PM1.68m
Low Tide				10:32AM0.18m				10:59PM0.26m				11:16AM0.18m				11:45PM0.20m				11:57AM0.21m


	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	22	25	26	26	24	23	22	22	22	24	25	25	23	22	23	23	22	24	25	24	23	23
Feels °C	24	22	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	22	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	225	826	826	711	703	717	700	700	717	735	640	602	587	580	587	447	441	441	436	447	429	301	297
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 18	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SW 18	SW 18
kJ	312	68	61	58	58	58	57	56	50	31	30	32	30	32	17	17	7	6	14	14	13	319	316
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 11	SSE 11
kJ	23	30	7	25	25	6	20	20	5	4	4	4	4	14	14	13	15	14	6	6	6	24	24
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 4	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	118	115	112	112	47	138	115	54	88	106	132	198	227	251	257	148	237	232	210	208	220	246	221
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3
Distance (km)	0	28	76	86	1282	1279	59	0	28	76	76	76	76	76	1279	87	87	87	76	1279	76	76	1313
Best forecast wave conditions in Kadavu Passage	Hideaway	Hideaway					Lighthouse	Frigates	Hideaway
Rating (10 max)	3	4					3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Fiji	Hideaway Kadavu Passage	Hideaway Kadavu Passage	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Cloudbreak Mamanucas			Restaurants Mamanucas	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Hideaway Kadavu Passage	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Cloudbreak Mamanucas		Restaurants Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas		Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	3			3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3		2	2	2	2		2	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5

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