The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 20 Nov 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
26.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 3.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111116161614141414141414181616161514141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191825393930323333335333789391196212251285313299295295299
Wind
(km/h)
45
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
40
ESE
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
40
E
45
E
40
E
45
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
40
ENE
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
1.29
8:18AM
1.15
8:14PM
1.28
9:00AM
1.15
8:55PM
1.26
9:42AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.20
2:07PM
0.39
2:44AM
0.20
2:47PM
0.40
3:24AM
0.21
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset-7:01-------7:01-------7:02------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-111---------------
Temp. °C252525252424242425252524252525252525252525252525
Feels °C (?)212222211919191921212119212021212222212121222222
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