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The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 31 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 1.7°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 11PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 31). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)--
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
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)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
NW
1.6
ENE
1.4
E
0.5
S
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.6
NNW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)1010913119951515559136666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)04745594200120025360060574737434771535983
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
5
SSE
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
1.27
7:01PM
1.46
7:48AM
1.32
7:56PM
1.47
8:39AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
0.06
12:48PM
0.25
1:32AM
0.03
1:45PM
0.22
2:22AM
0.03
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset-7:25-------7:24-------7:24------
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clear
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
225422-2242-1-111-11----
Temp. °C282828282828292929292828282829292929292828282828
Feels °C (?)303030313231313131333130303032333531302828282829
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