Desperations surfForecast / Mamanucas / Fiji

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 17 Nov 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
28.3° 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 7PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (17 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212141313131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3473132253623512682552222035014403042992952571901841441259390494730
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
0
NW
5
E
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
1.58
5:00AM
1.39
5:00PM
1.59
5:39AM
1.40
5:33PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
0.42
10:53PM
0.29
10:50AM
0.44
11:29PM
0.25
11:27AM
0.46
12:05AM
0.22
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise5:26------5:26-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset---6:24-------6:24-------6:25----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12-121----111-----------
Temp. °C262626262626262626272727262625252626272726262626
Feels °C (?)292928292928272828282830282927272929302928292930
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