Waya / Kuata (Yasawa) spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras

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◈Waya / Kuata (Yasawa) · Fiji
2.7
wave 1.1 m
visibility~3m

Nottoday

Today — sit it out — wave, wind and surge pounding.

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus — high confidence · data 14:25

Sources & confidence

Sources
Open-Meteo · Copernicus
Method
spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness
Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

01
Swell & wave memory
Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
02
Wind & gusts
Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
03
Tide phase
Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
04
Water temperature
Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
05
Currents & outflow
Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
06
Rain runoff & air clarity
Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
07
Coast shape & exposure
How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

  • Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
  • An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
  • Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
  • Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
  • Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

Entry pointsNo-take zones

Where to get in, where to hunt

Entry points with coordinates
Seabed relief — promising ground

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Surface

Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.

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updated 14:25
Waya / Kuata (Yasawa) — solo, off the rocks
DON'T GO
don't go · wave 1.1 m (occasionally up to ~2.2 m)
wave 1.1 mwind 16, gusts 27 km/hsurge pounding the rocksvisibility ~3 m
today, best window 12:00–15:00
fish · Visibility 3 m · Water 25.9°C
confidence low · verdict for the selected day
Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.
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Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.
Selected day

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Tuesday · today2026-10-13
05:44–18:11 · waxing crescent
▼ 01:00▲ 07:00▼ 13:00▲ 19:00 · 1.5 m
Hours (06→20)
06
09
12
15
18
Day's trends
Tide0.57 m
Wave1.22 m
Wind31 km/h
Water26 °C
fish activity: moon underfoot 01:20 · high · moonrise 07:01 · moderate · moon overhead 13:40 · high · moonset 20:24 · moderate
Conditions window12:00–15:00
don't go fish
Hs 1.12 m · roughperiod 11.2 swind 16→27surge 3.8viz 3 m
1.12 mrough · up to ~2.24 · 211° at an angle
11.2 sswell building
16→27gusts 27 km/h
3.8pounding the rocks
0.22m/s
3 mrecent swell
25.9°C5 mm + hood
▲19:00tide turn near
Atmosphere14 kmprecip 0.1 mm
highmoon overhead
  • wave 1.1 m (occasionally up to ~2.2 m)
  • wind-wave — choppy surface
  • first hours of the flood — fish moving in
confidence lowday
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The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

What it is

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.

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The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

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Blue RoomWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Cannon CoveWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Caves of BabylonWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Crazy ReefWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
CrossroadsWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth 12–40 m.

Google Maps
Fantastic WallWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Wall, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Glory WreckWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Wreck, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Joe’s FarmWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Kuata Back ReefWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth 4–20 m.

Google Maps
Kuata BeachWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Beach entry onto the reef, shore entry. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Namualevu WallWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Wall, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
No Man’s LandWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Pandora ReefWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth 3–15 m.

Google Maps
PicassoWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
PinnacleWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Bommie / pinnacle, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth to ~30 m.

Google Maps
Sea Fan CityWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth 3–28 m.

Google Maps
Tavaniko PointWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef point, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth 12–40 m.

Google Maps
The Awakening Bull Shark DiveWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
⚠ Restrictions apply
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Operator bull-shark feed off Kuata. No spearfishing — dive only. Coords approx. (dive-log average). Dive-site guide: depth 3–22 m.

Google Maps
Vatu DromuWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps
Watogo PointWaya / Kuata (Yasawa)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Reef point, boat. Coords approx. (dive-log average).

Google Maps

SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

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Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now
  • no targets this month
Law

    Fiji: breath-hold spearfishing for your own table needs no licence (Fisheries Act Cap 158 s.5), but most reefs are customary qoliqoli waters — ask the village/chief first (sevusevu) and respect tabu no-take areas. Scuba/compressor fishing is banned (Regs 1997); night spearfishing is banned/discouraged. Groupers and coral trout closed 1 Jun–30 Sep. Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, turtles: no take.

    Safety protocol
    • Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
    • Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
    • Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
    • Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
    • Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
    • Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
    • UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
    • Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

    FAQ — spearfishing in Waya / Kuata (Yasawa)

    Where can I spearfish in Waya / Kuata (Yasawa)?

    Waya / Kuata (Yasawa) has rock entry points such as Cannon Cove, Watogo Point and Sea Fan City. The southern Yasawas — Waya and Kuata, high islands with fringing reefs and channels between them. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

    When is the best season in Waya / Kuata (Yasawa)?

    May–October: dry, steady SE trades, best visibility. November–April is cyclone season.

    How cold is the water in Waya / Kuata (Yasawa)?

    About 25 °C in August, 29 °C in February — 1.5–3 mm.

    Is Waya / Kuata (Yasawa) good for a beginner?

    Reef passages with current; customary qoliqoli waters — ask the village (sevusevu). Scuba fishing banned; groupers closed 1 June–30 September.

    Do I need a licence in Waya / Kuata (Yasawa)?

    Waya / Kuata (Yasawa): Fiji: breath-hold spearfishing for your own table needs no licence (Fisheries Act Cap 158 s.5), but most reefs are customary qoliqoli waters — ask the village/chief first (sevusevu) and respect tabu no-take areas. Scuba/compressor fishing is banned (Regs 1997); night spearfishing is banned/discouraged. Groupers and coral trout closed 1 Jun–30 Sep. Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, turtles: no take.

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