Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.5°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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 5AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (07 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
60
58
57
42
41
40
40
40
40
39
40
27
27
26
16
26
26
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:04PM0.80m
7:10PM0.73m
6:51PM0.66m
Low Tide
10:29AM0.21m
10:43AM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
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Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
Feels °C
28
28
28
29
28
28
29
29
28
29
29
29
29
30
29
29
30
28
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