Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
30.2° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 5AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
0.8
SSE
1.4
SE
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)16169914131313881212121211118888881817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666431128121126125325333529922021220917713312629129929128480247255362
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
0
SW
15
SSE
15
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.39
2:49PM
1.52
3:44AM
1.47
3:47PM
1.56
4:31AM
1.55
4:38PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20PM
0.26
8:41AM
0.51
9:20PM
0.22
9:41AM
0.44
10:11PM
0.19
10:33AM
0.36
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----6:16-------6:16-------6:16---
Sunset-------6:15-------6:15-------6:15
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C282727272729292927272727282929282726262627282928
Feels °C (?)292726262832313027272625272929292627282828313130
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