Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.9° C
0.1° 

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 (27 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 5AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jul)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (27 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (27 Jul)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
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
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.4
SSE
7
0.6
S
18
0.7
S
16
0.8
S
16
0.9
S
15
0.9
S
15
1
S
14
0.9
S
14
0.9
S
13
0.9
S
13
0.9
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.5
S
11
1.4
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
208
206
212
186
219
258
321
372
339
407
294
277
268
248
647
628
586
486
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:17PM0.77m
00:58AM0.77m
Low Tide
12:15PM0.05m
12:30PM0.03m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:29
6:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
25
25
25
25
25
24
24
25
24
24
25
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
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