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The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 10 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
28.6° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 5PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.5
SSE
0.4
SW
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)89988888116713131213131316161515121514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)781021231381441691692714529625362614710413213015915514313990134206
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
1.28
1:32AM
1.14
1:59PM
1.25
2:27AM
1.08
2:46PM
1.22
3:23AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
0.33
7:38AM
0.34
8:24PM
0.35
8:26AM
0.40
9:18PM
0.36
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:09
Sunset---7:28-------7:28-------7:28----
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Rain (mm)
--52--12211-------111132
Temp. °C272725242526262626272727272627262727272627262626
Feels °C (?)282926242526262323242424242325232526272426272930
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