Desperations Surf Forecast

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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 +12

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

Today's Desperations sea temperature is 26.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 9AM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Evening (16 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	13s

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

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	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	!	!	!	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	2	4	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2596	2391	2125	1945	1646	1333	1158	1033	858	739	600	574	657	823	1052	1235	1176	1146	931	795	824	624	611	565	707	819	1019	1069	1013	1023	1038	960	1058	1163	1121	1143	1054	964	1262	1412	1429	1183	1453	1243	1246	951	1088	842	702	591	601	663	549	467	479	446	388	357	383	568
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	NNW	SE	NNE	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	SW	W	S	SE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:01AM 1.48				10:48PM 1.55				10:59AM 1.41				11:40PM 1.56					12:05PM 1.36				12:36AM 1.58				1:16PM 1.33				1:36AM 1.60				2:28PM 1.33				2:36AM 1.63					3:34PM 1.37				3:35AM 1.67				4:35PM 1.42				4:31AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00AM 0.45				4:19PM 0.27				4:57AM 0.44				5:09PM 0.33				6:00AM 0.41					6:06PM 0.40				7:07AM 0.36				7:08PM 0.45				8:14AM 0.29				8:14PM 0.47					9:18AM 0.21				9:19PM 0.46				10:16AM 0.13				10:19PM 0.43				11:10AM 0.07

	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	1	7	6	1	2	2	2	4	4	2	1
Temp. °C	23	23	24	25	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	24	23	23	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	24	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	26	25	24	25	24
Feels °C (?)	21	21	23	27	28	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	24	25	24	24	23	23	25	27	27	26	27	26	24	23	25	27	28	28	29	26	25	25	27	29	26	24	23	24	24	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	22	20	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mamanucas

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 35 km from Desperations has fallen light (light winds from the S at Nandi/Nadi International Airport). Waves cleaning up. 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SW and a 1.0m 5s windswell from the SSE as well as a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the SSE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
39 minutes ago Desperations

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35 km away, 39 min ago

9 km/h

25.4

26.8

Air / Water (°C)

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