Installation of waverider buoy, offshore, Tongatapu, 21' 13.26' S, 175' 12.90'W, Kingdom of Tonga, 22 June 1987

Investigation of Oceanographic Conditions at Tongatapu Blowholes for Assessment Studies of Power Generation from Wave Energy : Project objectives are to:
(1) produce baseline data of the inshore waters of the southern coast of Tongatapu &
(2) assist investigations into the use of wave energy at the blowholes as a source of power.

In 1984, a suitable site was found to install wave recording instruments.