Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.8° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 10PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
SSE
4
0.1
S
19
0.2
S
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.5
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
12
0.5
S
10
0.9
SE
7
0.6
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
23
23
4
7
7
8
8
19
14
32
28
47
47
63
89
95
47
79
75
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:42PM0.63m
5:14AM0.46m
4:48PM0.66m
6:42AM0.45m
4:27PM0.71m
Low Tide
00:54AM0.41m
9:33AM0.43m
00:48AM0.33m
7:44AM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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1
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Temp °C
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
27
27
28
27
27
26
26
27
28
28
28
28
27
Feels °C
29
29
29
27
28
29
29
29
29
30
30
30
28
28
29
30
30
30
30
29
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