Cabo Matapalo Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.38° N 83.28° W

Cabo Matapalo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cabo Matapalo sea temperature is
30.5° C
2.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Cabo Matapalo today (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cabo Matapalo at 4PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (11 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (11 Jul)4ft (1.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 75mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
724
724
715
653
610
515
515
515
515
508
425
413
357
282
277
277
273
277
277
485
485
228
288
472
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
0
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
NW
5
ESE
5
NW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
N
5
SW
5
S
5
S
10
NNE
5
N
10
NE
10
ESE
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
11:19AM2.78m
00:06AM2.49m
12:24PM2.88m
1:10AM2.65m
1:26PM2.99m
2:08AM2.83m
Low Tide
5:52PM0.46m
6:06AM0.63m
6:54PM0.30m
7:10AM0.50m
7:52PM0.15m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:20
5:20
5:20
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:55
5:55
5:55
5:55
 mm
1
2
4
7
6
2
1
1
4
27
13
2
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
27
28
28
27
26
25
25
25
26
29
29
27
25
24
24
25
25
26
27
27
26
25
25
25
Feels °C
32
32
32
31
31
29
29
29
30
32
32
31
30
29
29
30
30
31
31
32
30
29
29
28
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cabo Matapalo surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest