Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.6° C
0.4° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 4PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (04 Aug)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
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)
2.5
SSE
10
1.9
S
10
2.1
S
10
2
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.3
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
10
2
SSE
10
2
SSE
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.5
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1181
697
826
627
1157
1094
983
904
904
717
669
450
392
506
633
414
423
370
322
282
288
282
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:18AM0.56m
8:39PM0.68m
8:40PM0.72m
8:40PM0.76m
Low Tide
12:42PM0.25m
12:13PM0.26m
11:31AM0.23m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
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
2
3
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
29
29
28
28
26
27
28
29
30
30
30
30
29
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