The Bowl Surf Forecast

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The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 +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 24.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	13s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Evening (14 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	12s

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

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		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	16	16	15	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	590	757	746	765	1575	1797	1765	1655	1655	1764	1677	1415	1293	1092	924	752	457	344	377	483	783	1511	1728	1794
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:07AM 1.42				12:52PM 1.23					1:06AM 1.37				1:57PM 1.19				2:10AM 1.33				3:04PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				6:37AM 0.12				6:50PM 0.30					7:40AM 0.16				7:54PM 0.34				8:46AM 0.18

		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels °C (?)	21	21	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	15	16	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	17	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tongatapu

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Bowl (light winds from the SSE at Fua amotu 26 km from The Bowl). 1.1m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.9m 4s local chop, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 18 minutes ago The Bowl

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26 km away, 1 h 18 min ago

13 km/h

SSE

0.0

24.2

Air / Water (°C)

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