Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 27 Dec 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
28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 9AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (27 Dec)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (27 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tue
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181716161616161616151414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)155154207204186268261367447843832811893857846834711607509501424326281273
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
ENE
10
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
1.45
11:45PM
1.33
12:32PM
1.50
12:53AM
1.31
1:27PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.36
5:47PM
0.54
5:57AM
0.39
6:52PM
0.48
6:54AM
0.42
7:57PM
0.38
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tue
30
Sunrise-5:35-------5:35-------5:37------
Sunset-----6:46-------6:47-------6:47--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----243111-------------
Temp. °C272727282828282727262727282827272727272828282827
Feels °C (?)323130303132313031293028293028282929282929303129
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