Despretes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.10° E

Issued: 10 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Despretes sea temperature is

28.5° C

Despretes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Despretes today (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 2AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (13 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 27°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sun 12		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 12	S 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	S 11	S 11	SSE 12	SSE 11	S 10	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	876	847	857	279	265	522	228	151	149	689	575	284	264	303	221	257	215	335	364	183	136	256	234	226
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			11:02PM0.85m								11:56PM0.88m								1:08AM0.88m
Low Tide							12:38PM-0.10m								1:12PM-0.10m								1:43PM-0.07m


	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	5	3	4
Temp °C	26	26	26	25	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	26
Feels °C	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	25	26	26	26	28	27	26	26	26	26	28	27	28	29	29	30	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 19	SSE 12	S 11	S 11	SSE 11	S 11	S 10	S 8	S 8	SSE 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 10	S 9	SSE 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	702	555	636	279	265	7	228	151	149	350	345	284	161	181	40	19	18	192	197	10	43	136	109	109
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 21	S 21	S 21	—	S 19	S 19	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	—	SSE 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 11	SSE 10	S 10	—	—	SSE 10	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	9	9	8	—	7	7	58	29	29	14	—	12	54	33	18	12	20	18	—	—	18	44	15	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 18	S 18	—	—	—	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	6	—	—	—	12	12	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	17	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 7	S 6	SSE 11	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8
kJ	876	847	857	107	84	522	117	125	108	689	575	257	264	303	221	257	215	335	364	183	136	256	234	226
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	1766	1602	1727	1609	947	1565	1893	2079	1727	1727	1727	948	948	1582	947	947	947	947	947	947	0	1360	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	7	8	9	9	8	5	9	6	6	7	6	4	4

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