Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
30.1° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 2AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121213121212121111111111141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)581471479486479479486563620647636601551443429429401247313265218312643434
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
WNW
10
SSW
5
SE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.59
5:47AM
1.77
6:17PM
1.62
6:29AM
1.81
7:06PM
1.61
7:13AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
0.21
12:08PM
0.10
12:16AM
0.21
12:54PM
0.04
1:02AM
0.24
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-6:01-------6:00-------6:00------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
2322-1-1-1--------11---1
Temp. °C272727262525262728272625252526262727272626252626
Feels °C (?)282828272525262829272626262729303030312929282827
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