Despretes surfForecast / New Georgia / Solomon Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 +11
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Despretes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Despretes sea temperature is
29.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Despretes today?

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 7AM is: 5.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)18ft (5.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)18ft (5.5m)12s
Evening (08 Apr)18ft (5.5m)13s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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6
3
4
3
5
5
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
6.5
W
5
WSW
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)121213121212121313121213131313131313131313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)727684511030990008802975889001300381615583586154325824538146044206349530972508209818571108730504
Wind
(km/h)
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
60
NW
55
NW
50
NNW
50
NNW
45
N
35
N
30
N
30
NNW
15
N
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
SSW
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
0.83
6:22AM
0.83
6:45AM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
0.20
4:09PM
0.23
8:03PM
0.22
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:31-------6:31-------6:30--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
3433212112-11-1--------1
Temp. °C272727272727282828282828292929292828282929292928
Feels °C (?)222322222122242425252627303231323231313132333332
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