Desperations Surf Forecast

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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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 26.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 6PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Evening (17 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	756	669	606	520	444	444	421	368	396	407	396	220	323	328	332	342	307	250	154	136	111	113	114	110
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:24PM 1.39				3:22AM 1.54				4:15PM 1.46				4:14AM 1.58				4:57PM 1.52				5:00AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				9:14PM 0.50				9:53AM 0.21				10:09PM 0.43				10:39AM 0.18				10:55PM 0.37				11:19AM 0.18

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	22	22	22	22	23	25	25	25	23	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	23	24
Feels °C (?)	20	17	18	18	17	17	19	25	24	23	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	22	19	18	20	21	19	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mamanucas

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Desperations (moderate winds from the SSE at Nandi/Nadi International Airport 35 km from Desperations). 1.5m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 20 minutes ago Desperations

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35 km away, 2 h 20 min ago

28 km/h

SSE

0.0

26.5

Air / Water (°C)

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