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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 +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
29.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 7PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)8814888131212121212111514141313121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81791348181641115945564356336966615554484645444342
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SE
5
E
5
NE
0
NW
5
W
5
SSW
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
1.43
1:23AM
1.20
1:40PM
1.42
2:27AM
1.18
2:31PM
1.42
3:25AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.51
7:12AM
0.58
8:20PM
0.48
8:09AM
0.61
9:15PM
0.44
9:04AM
0.62
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----5:45-------5:46-------5:47--
Sunset-6:52-------6:52-------6:52------
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Rain (mm)
5---453232323817221351110137919
Temp. °C262626272725252424242424232323242424242525252625
Feels °C (?)282929313229292828272727262625242524252625242423
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