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The Bowl surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 14 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
28.7° 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 6PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s 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 cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
NW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)13131313131213131271212121112888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061068282797758585331716965447230623524824700233187194
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
20
NE
10
N
15
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
25
N
35
NNE
35
N
30
NNE
30
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
1.19
5:10AM
1.03
5:09PM
1.20
5:59AM
1.05
5:55PM
1.22
6:45AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
0.47
10:59PM
0.33
10:55AM
0.47
11:47PM
0.30
11:43AM
0.45
12:31AM
0.26
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13
Sunset---7:28-------7:28-------7:28----
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thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
22357331--21924--286211-
Temp. °C262524232424242525262425242525262727262626272727
Feels °C (?)252524222424242627272326242323252625252324252627
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