Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.6° C
0.3° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 10PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)--
Afternoon (08 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (08 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
2 PM
5 PM
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
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
11
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
101
99
79
90
88
86
65
60
59
41
39
57
58
56
49
23
22
22
22
21
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:47PM0.83m
9:10PM0.84m
9:46PM0.84m
Low Tide
11:17AM-0.00m
11:47AM-0.05m
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
6:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
28
28
27
27
26
26
27
28
28
27
27
27
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
33
32
32
31
31
29
29
31
31
31
30
30
31
30
30
30
30
29
30
30
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