Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
28.2° C
0.2° 

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 (12 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 4AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (12 Aug)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (12 Aug)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue night, min 26°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
6
0.2
S
9
1.1
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
7
1.1
S
6
1
S
6
1
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.9
S
6
1.4
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
74
7
91
126
160
149
186
177
137
104
81
76
38
53
53
113
104
111
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:33PM0.82m
11:39PM0.79m
Low Tide
12:45PM-0.03m
1:05PM0.05m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
27
27
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
Feels °C
27
27
26
25
25
26
27
27
27
26
26
26
27
26
24
24
25
27
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