Zipolite surf break

Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 CST
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Zipolite surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zipolite sea temperature is
30.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Zipolite today?

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 5AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141414141414141414141716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)527618894756507535527730700597631660691663686740673636622619767759794649
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
5
NNE
0
NNE
10
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
0.84
11:49AM
1.15
12:00AM
0.84
12:50PM
1.13
1:08AM
0.87
1:49PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.11
6:20PM
0.26
6:06AM
0.15
7:21PM
0.24
7:13AM
0.17
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sunrise----6:11-------6:11-------6:11---
Sunset-------6:46-------6:45-------6:45
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thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21----11-321----23341---
Temp. °C272626252830302827262625283030302726262525272828
Feels °C (?)313029283132323131292928323233333130292829323132
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Zipolite (light winds from the N at PuertoAngel-Oax. 4 km from Zipolite). 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 7s swell from the S and a 0.4m 10s swell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
N
Offshore
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