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Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 10 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
29.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Desperations today?

The current surf forecast for Desperations at 5PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.3
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)8128888888888148881312121212121115
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43555778981001961041018181811338787678259475636563370
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
W
5
SSW
10
S
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassononcrossoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
1.46
12:17AM
1.26
12:49PM
1.43
1:23AM
1.20
1:40PM
1.42
2:27AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
0.51
6:17AM
0.50
7:19PM
0.51
7:12AM
0.58
8:20PM
0.48
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise5:43------5:45-------5:45-------5:46
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:52----
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clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--154111--41---124531111
Temp. °C272728282726262526272726262626262625242425242525
Feels °C (?)303232312727282729323029292828292926272728282927
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