Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cabo Matapalo today (05 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cabo Matapalo at 11PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (05 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cabo Matapalo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 66mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 23°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 13 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 92 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 83 | 121 | 84 | 120 | 120 | 178 | 134 | 133 | 126 | 178 | 207 | 312 | 377 | 339 | 330 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 7:18PM2.49m | 7:42AM2.76m | 8:14PM2.39m | 8:40AM2.69m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:14PM0.55m | 1:21AM0.63m | 2:08PM0.61m | 2:16AM0.72m | 3:12PM0.64m | ||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  |  |  |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — |
mm | 2 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 31 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 92 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 49 | 133 | 125 | 96 | 92 | 312 | 377 | 339 | 330 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 11 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | 27 | 26 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 121 | 39 | 120 | 120 | 178 | 118 | 118 | 118 | 178 | 151 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 82 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | SSW 14 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | SSW 15 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 14 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 84 | 62 | 59 | 85 | 134 | 130 | 126 | 154 | 207 | 93 | 99 | 99 | 98 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 2 | — | — | SSE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 162 | 0 | 0 |
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