Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.9° C
0.1° 

Despretes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Despretes today (26 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 6AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (26 Jul)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (26 Jul)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
S
8
1.8
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.4
S
8
1.6
S
7
1.7
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.5
SSE
7
1.5
SSE
7
1.5
SSE
7
0.6
S
18
0.7
S
16
0.8
S
16
0.9
S
15
0.9
S
15
1
S
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
333
406
416
406
217
269
293
261
225
192
192
192
219
258
321
372
339
407
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:19PM0.77m
11:17PM0.77m
Low Tide
12:03PM0.07m
12:15PM0.05m
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thunderstorm
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clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:29
6:29
 mm
1
1
1
1
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
24
24
24
24
24
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