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Despretes surfForecast / New Georgia / Solomon Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 +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
30.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Despretes today?

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 7AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
SW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
S
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)888866566777668999888998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22212121212942165212257151129886244755355656669737369
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
45
WSW
25
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononglassglassonglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
0.77
4:43PM
0.69
9:23AM
0.61
4:40PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.15
1:16AM
0.19
1:05AM
0.20
1:07PM
0.58
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:20-------6:20-------6:20-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:54-------6:55--
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thunderstorm
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cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
98345466613432---3136--222
Temp. °C282828282828272725262627282828282828282929282828
Feels °C (?)303030302930282823272828293030313031323433323231
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