Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.5°C
0.4° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 1AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (02 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (02 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 64mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
1
3
3
3
3
4
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
S
9
2.1
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
9
2
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.5
S
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.3
S
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
384
669
660
666
592
579
318
404
483
471
422
324
380
234
235
229
186
177
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:56PM0.72m
6:26AM0.40m
6:57PM0.76m
7:00PM0.80m
Low Tide
2:42AM0.37m
10:53AM0.32m
10:14AM0.28m
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
 mm
8
2
2
4
3
2
2
5
4
4
4
3
4
5
3
3
2
2
Temp °C
24
25
24
24
25
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
25
25
25
Feels °C
24
26
26
26
27
27
27
25
25
26
26
27
27
27
28
27
28
28
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