The Bowl Surf Forecast

/ Tongatapu (7 surf breaks) /

Tonga (17 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 19 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 1AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 19). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Afternoon (20 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (20 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	17s

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

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	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
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	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	447	447	447	336	327	242	202	166	168	192	235	257	306	348	313	598	581	428	444	374	265	252	210	175
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 1.23				6:09AM 1.30				6:45PM 1.27				6:57AM 1.30					7:26PM 1.29				7:42AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				12:01AM 0.31				12:30PM 0.20				12:50AM 0.28					1:13PM 0.21				1:34AM 0.25

	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	16	13	13	13	14

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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). 0.8m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 47 minutes ago The Bowl

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26 km away, 2 h 47 min ago

13 km/h

SSE

0.0

24.2

Air / Water (°C)

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