Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Despretes sea temperature is
27.9°C
0.6° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 11PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)--
Afternoon (10 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (10 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.5
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
12
1
SE
7
1
SE
7
0.6
S
10
0.9
SE
8
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.4
S
12
1.3
SSE
6
1.1
SSE
6
1.4
SE
7
0.6
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
14
32
28
47
47
63
89
95
102
107
73
82
79
53
43
115
96
188
81
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
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-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:42AM0.45m
4:27PM0.71m
4:22PM0.76m
Low Tide
00:48AM0.33m
7:44AM0.45m
00:49AM0.26m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:11
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6:09
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6:24
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6:24
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6:24
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 mm
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2
1
1
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1
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Temp °C
27
27
27
26
26
26
27
27
28
28
27
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
Feels °C
29
29
30
29
29
29
30
29
30
30
28
28
29
28
26
27
27
29
29
27
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