Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 31 Aug 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
26.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 3AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (01 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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Monday
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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313121212121212111313131313121213131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)449597641565631575540383378305686951124313401364136611991165111010029629311070976
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
1.30
1:31PM
1.11
1:23AM
1.31
2:36PM
1.15
2:22AM
1.35
3:28PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.52
7:03PM
0.71
8:14AM
0.48
8:10PM
0.69
9:09AM
0.41
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise----6:18-------6:18-------6:16---
Sunset-------6:04-------6:04-------6:04
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rain showers
light rain
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part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
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Rain (mm)
--11------------111-----
Temp. °C252524242425252525242424242525252625242324252526
Feels °C (?)272623222225252627252526272827282928262426282728
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mamanucas

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Desperations (calm at Nandi/Nadi International Airport 35 km from Desperations). 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.3m 6s windswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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