Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 17 Nov 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
28.3° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 10AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (17 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thu
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212121214131313131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)301545347313225362351268255222203501440362299295257190184144125939049
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
W
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
1.39
4:27PM
1.58
5:00AM
1.39
5:00PM
1.59
5:39AM
1.40
5:33PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
0.42
10:53PM
0.29
10:50AM
0.44
11:29PM
0.25
11:27AM
0.46
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thu
20
Sunrise-5:26-------5:26-------5:26------
Sunset-----6:24-------6:24-------6:25--
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--12--11----111---------
Temp. °C252526262627262626262626272726262525262627272726
Feels °C (?)282928292930282827282827283028282727292930303129
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