Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 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) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 9AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am 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)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

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

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
2
2
1
2
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
S
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2
S
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2
S
10
2
S
10
2.3
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
861
1187
1181
1129
755
1133
1187
783
783
983
880
552
529
445
392
434
367
347
279
279
319
273
279
279
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
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-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
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
2:04AM0.54m
12:42PM0.25m
12:13PM0.26m
11:31AM0.23m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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
4
1
2
4
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
4
1
Temp °C
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
Feels °C
26
28
28
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
28
29
29
30
31
30
30
29
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