Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.4°C
1.0° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 2AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.3
S
7
1.4
S
7
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.4
S
7
1.5
S
7
0.6
S
18
1.6
S
8
1.7
S
9
1.6
S
9
0.8
S
16
0.8
S
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
138
163
159
159
155
176
215
253
227
221
215
246
251
298
430
381
364
356
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:33PM0.86m
5:46PM0.89m
Low Tide
2:47AM0.20m
4:26AM0.19m
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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6:16
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6:25
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6:25
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1
1
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1
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Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
26
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
26
27
28
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
25
25
25
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