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Despretes surfForecast / New Georgia / Solomon Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 +11
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Despretes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Despretes sea temperature is
30.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Despretes today?

The current surf forecast for Despretes at 1AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.2
WSW
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
W
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)91210121111455566667777778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)838101010133751516286104207305266298428563461569727865691
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
35
W
40
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
40
W
45
WNW
45
WNW
55
W
40
W
40
WNW
45
W
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.77
1:45PM
0.79
2:50PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.06
12:25AM
0.03
12:42AM
0.00
Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----6:24-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset-------6:57-------6:57-------6:58
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1----112-1323671512741610887
Temp. °C262627272728282828282828282726262626272627272726
Feels °C (?)313030302929282727272827262625252423242125262423
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