Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 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 12PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (08 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
WSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)121212111111111113131213131212121213131414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)601832642514221422411109154212702310224819932252205915441346162219422429277428162816261921491892
Wind
(km/h)
55
NNW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
1.34
11:26PM
1.16
11:11AM
1.29
12:34AM
1.15
12:16PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
0.65
4:57PM
0.45
4:59AM
0.71
5:59PM
0.48
6:07AM
0.73
7:04PM
0.48
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:07-------6:06--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
532212311---------------
Temp. °C272828282828272727272728272827272727272727272727
Feels °C (?)232526262727272828282829282929293030302929292930
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