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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 20 Mar 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 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 4AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSE
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312111111111111121212121414141114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253257212215219219172147228202198195191149149133144133136208264232234232
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNE
0
E
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
0
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crossonglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
1.64
7:41AM
1.75
8:09PM
1.59
8:24AM
1.73
9:01PM
1.51
9:12AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
0.19
2:00PM
0.13
2:10AM
0.25
2:49PM
0.14
2:57AM
0.33
3:43PM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:15-------6:15-------6:15---
Sunset-------6:22-------6:21-------6:20
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-111---21-----12-------1
Temp. °C292827272728282828282726272828282928272627282828
Feels °C (?)333231313132323232333130313131333332312930313330
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