Desperations Surf Forecast

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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 Oct 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 27.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	18s
Evening (20 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	17s

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

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		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	SE	SE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	8	8	8	15	16	17	16	16	16	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	822	730	616	480	414	425	637	644	522	532	532	430	283	314	314	272	175	195	232	392	387	272	362	357
Wind (km/h)	SSE	E	E	E	ENE	N	NNE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	NNE	NNE	ENE	E	ENE	E	S	SSW	SSW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:21AM 1.50				5:34PM 1.62				5:59AM 1.49					6:05PM 1.62				6:36AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 0.29				11:23AM 0.32				11:52PM 0.25				11:57AM 0.35					12:27AM 0.23				12:30PM 0.39

		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	26	25	24	24	25	27	28	28	26	26	25	25	26	27	26	27	27	26	25	25	26	26	26	27
Feels °C (?)	29	26	25	25	27	28	27	29	27	27	26	27	28	28	25	27	29	30	28	28	30	28	29	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mamanucas

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Desperations (light winds from the S at Nandi/Nadi International Airport 35 km from Desperations). 1.4m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 1.0m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 58 minutes ago Desperations

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35 km away, 1 h 58 min ago

11 km/h

0.0

27.1

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