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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
29.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 8PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131313108867669141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67674342424263276985774939477069681111019998
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
W
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
1.75
5:54AM
1.54
5:51PM
1.79
6:42AM
1.60
6:40PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.38
11:36PM
0.01
11:42AM
0.33
12:23AM
-0.02
12:32PM
0.29
1:07AM
-0.02
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise5:56------5:58-------5:58-------5:58
Sunset---6:51-------6:51-------6:51----
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--211-----1111----------
Temp. °C282828292828272727282828282727272727282828282727
Feels °C (?)302929303032313131333231323031313131303030313030
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