The Pass Surf Forecast

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Tonga (17 surf breaks)

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The Pass surfForecast / Tongatapu / Tonga

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +13

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The Pass surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Pass sea temperature is 24.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Pass today?

The current surf forecast for The Pass at 11PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Evening (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	392	398	404	410	366	302	366	692	447	447	447	336	327	242	202	202	168	192	235	257	306	348	313	598
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 1.20				5:17AM 1.29				5:59PM 1.23				6:09AM 1.30				6:45PM 1.27				6:57AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07PM 0.34				11:43AM 0.20				12:01AM 0.31				12:30PM 0.20				12:50AM 0.28

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tongatapu

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Pass (light winds from the SSE at Fua amotu 27 km from The Pass). 0.8m 10s swell from the S with a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 33 minutes ago The Pass

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27 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

13 km/h

SSE

0.0

24.3

Air / Water (°C)

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