Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.8° C
0.3° 

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 (30 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 10AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (30 Jul)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (30 Jul)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 26°C on Thu morning). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
10
1.2
SSE
10
0.5
S
10
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.5
S
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.6
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
415
363
164
133
312
58
89
86
79
73
59
295
148
155
294
272
251
245
251
253
265
292
291
302
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:17AM0.79m
3:57AM0.79m
4:30AM0.77m
Low Tide
12:57PM0.05m
1:06PM0.07m
1:12PM0.12m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:45
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
6:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
25
24
25
25
25
25
26
25
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
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