The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
29.3° 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 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121218181818171616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207203203200236200197197167164164157252304300273208306248245245242233176
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
0
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
1.30
9:07PM
1.33
9:37AM
1.35
9:52PM
1.32
10:19AM
1.37
10:40PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
0.26
3:20AM
0.16
3:44PM
0.22
4:02AM
0.18
4:32PM
0.20
4:46AM
0.20
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:33
Sunset---7:15-------7:15-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1----1--------
Temp. °C272728282828272727282828282727272728282828282828
Feels °C (?)313132313131302930323231323131313133323131303031
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