Backwash surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 25 Sep 2025 MST
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Backwash surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backwash sea temperature is
30.3° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Backwash today?

The current surf forecast for Backwash at 8AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (25 Sep)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (25 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.7
S
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
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Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)305545535525110612771249676933899723658789850947862715702627615505570322341
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
1.24
9:50PM
0.82
9:27AM
1.20
10:11PM
0.70
9:43AM
1.14
10:31PM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
0.23
3:52PM
0.05
3:05AM
0.30
4:21PM
0.13
3:04AM
0.37
4:58PM
0.23
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise--6:09-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset-----6:13-------6:12-------6:10--
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-14----253-------------
Temp. °C282828282828282727262627272827272726272929282727
Feels °C (?)323333313132323130292829303029292827293232302828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Sur

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Backwash (calm at Lienzo Charro wx 2 km from Backwash). 1.7m 11s groundswell from the S to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 48 min ago

3 km/h
NE
Clean
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