Tafahi is a small (1.2km ×2.8km or 0.75mi ×1.74mi) island in the north of the Tonga archipelago, in fact closer to Savaiʻi (Sāmoa) than the main islands of Tonga. It is only 9km (5.6mi) north-northeast away from Niuatoputapu, and fishermen communicate in small outboard motorboats almost daily between the two.