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Pipes surf break

Pipes surfForecast / Kadavu Passage / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 +12
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Pipes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pipes sea temperature is
29.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pipes today?

The current surf forecast for Pipes at 12PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010181716161616151515151414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7978767554498076130173173220232283275372367431425413390373368362
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
15
W
15
WNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
N
10
NW
10
N
5
NE
0
NNW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offglassglassonglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
1.24
4:55PM
1.47
5:49AM
1.28
5:36PM
1.51
6:29AM
1.32
6:16PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
0.55
11:34PM
0.26
11:30AM
0.52
12:14AM
0.21
12:11PM
0.48
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-5:43-------5:45-------5:45------
Sunset-----6:50-------6:50-------6:50--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----11-----493111--13231
Temp. °C252528303029272625252827272726262626262928282726
Feels °C (?)282831343332313028283231313130302930303432333230
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