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# ??WATER TEMPERATURE?? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
rowing 11:20 UTC 16 Jun 2009 | Hi!!!!!!! Does anyone know water’s temperature for swim in October to Tonga? I will need a “wetsuit” (not diving-suit but only “t-shirt wetsuit”) for snorkeling in that month??? And then, could anyone advise me a lovely beach for snorkeling in Tongatapu? (with sand beach and no danger tidal current)?? Thanks! |
smandkjc 18:46 UTC 17 Jun 2009 | Have never used a wetsuit in Tonga, Fiji or Samoa to snorkel at any time of the year, just a rash shirt to protect from the sun. Have only snorkeled from Sunset and Fafa islands off Tongatapu, did not see any suitable beach near our hotel on Tongatapu itself. | 1
dadams 23:27 UTC 17 Jun 2009 | I feel the cold but only used a rashie in Tonga. In the cooks I was shivering by the end of an hour in the water but did not feel that way in Tonga. As for good snorkelling beaches on Tongatapu - I don't think so. The only good sand beach from memory is where the surfing tourists go. You need to get off Tongatapu for a good snorkelling beach. | 2
5waldos 00:32 UTC 18 Jun 2009 | http://www.sailwx.info/wxobs/watertemp.phtml Try this web site- current temps and they may have a way of looking at other times of the year. | 3