Despretes surfForecast / New Georgia / Solomon Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 22 Aug 2025 +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
29.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Despretes today?

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 4AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (23 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (23 Aug)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Fri
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
S
0.9
SSE
1.4
SSE
1
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010101099998118811101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)40534938936379877528725321220116517245425213517016013212812898969266
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.73
3:17AM
0.71
4:06AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
0.10
12:36PM
0.17
12:19PM
0.23
Fri
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset-------6:30-------6:30-------6:30
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1-15561--2446582------1
Temp. °C282727272828282827272727272525242525262626272828
Feels °C (?)292830303029292930303131302828272828292928303030
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Georgia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Despretes (light winds from the E at Munda-New Georgia 18 km from Despretes). 1.3m 9s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
E
0.0
29.2
Air / Water (°C)
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