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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 21 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
29.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 3PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)111112121212131212111111111111111113121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10911112312312393222248236173157151151149157166160125292330287274202154
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
0
NW
0
WSW
5
E
5
N
5
NW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
1.47
8:01PM
1.59
8:48AM
1.50
8:42PM
1.54
9:28AM
1.52
9:28PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
0.45
2:28AM
0.18
2:42PM
0.45
3:05AM
0.22
3:28PM
0.45
3:45AM
0.28
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise5:50------5:52-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:52----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------------------12-1
Temp. °C272829292928282828282829282827272828282928282828
Feels °C (?)313334343433333231313032313231323431303230313131
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