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SW swell on tap for the Globe Fiji Event.
Utilizing LOLA's swell tracking maps, you can see that the long term outlook for southerly groundswell in Fiji looks fairly promising.
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With this tool you can get a great idea of long range swell potential up to twelve days out. Upcoming surf is broken into primary, secondary and tertiary swells, along with the swell direction and period for each. That way you'll know whether to expect long period groundswell or short period windswell.

You can see that there will be a nice run of 4-6' deepwater, groundswell from the 22nd-25th which coincides with the Globe Fiji event. Unfortunately, it also looks like SE windswell will be present during that time, which could make for lumpy and bumpy conditions.

For further deatils on the contest and expected swell, check Surfline's Fiji video forecast

-Kevin Wallis

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