Despretes Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 29 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) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE 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 3AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)4ft (1.2m)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 26mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
12
1.4
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.5
S
10
1.3
SSE
5
1.5
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.5
S
8
1.6
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
175
486
415
363
306
312
312
114
89
86
82
77
55
98
135
160
301
300
Wind (km/h)
35
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:17AM0.79m
3:57AM0.79m
Low Tide
12:57PM0.05m
1:06PM0.07m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
24
25
25
24
24
24
26
27
25
26
27
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
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