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The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 +13
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The Bowl surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
29.1° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 1AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
E
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)1212121818171616161616161515141414141414811129
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2402362362462461862112063063022992392732582512031671671641600000
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
1.36
3:49AM
1.16
4:03PM
1.38
4:54AM
1.18
5:05PM
1.41
5:56AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36PM
0.19
9:43AM
0.33
10:40PM
0.15
10:47AM
0.31
11:41PM
0.10
11:49AM
0.28
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:20-------6:22--
Sunset-7:27-------7:25-------7:25------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------111------1-----
Temp. °C272727272728282828282828272727282828282727272727
Feels °C (?)282828292829303131313030303029313031312930292929
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