Desperation Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.47° S 173.86° E

Desperation Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Desperation Point sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.7° 

Desperation Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Desperation Point today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Desperation Point at 1PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (08 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

Table - waves today at Desperation Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.1
WSW
12
1
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.6
WSW
11
1.6
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.2
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
16
2.2
W
7
1.4
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
824
880
346
333
679
545
436
429
336
265
211
353
444
572
608
478
419
359
305
306
427
933
1098
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
10
WNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WSW
30
WSW
45
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
on
on
cross
High Tide
7:05AM2.82m
7:38PM3.08m
8:03AM3.00m
8:28PM3.26m
8:52AM3.17m
Low Tide
00:56AM0.81m
1:23PM0.70m
1:54AM0.56m
2:17PM0.46m
2:43AM0.34m
3:03PM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:08
 mm
4
2
1
Temp °C
8
7
9
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
14
12
11
12
11
12
13
13
10
11
9
Feels °C
2
2
5
8
9
7
7
6
7
8
10
10
10
8
7
6
4
6
8
7
3
4
0
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Desperation Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest