Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
29.8° 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 4PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
1
2
3
2
2
!
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!
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4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)121212121212111112131212121313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)179412301290137811559767076828951136119813201471156813851218106510831083972956841841736
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
NE
0
ESE
5
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
1.29
12:34AM
1.15
12:16PM
1.26
1:38AM
1.18
1:21PM
1.28
2:31AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
0.48
6:07AM
0.73
7:04PM
0.48
7:18AM
0.72
8:01PM
0.45
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:05----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-------------21---
Temp. °C272728272727272727272727272626262626272626272727
Feels °C (?)292829282929293030282930302930303029282626262727
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