Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cabo Matapalo today (14 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cabo Matapalo at 10PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
| Evening (14 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Cabo Matapalo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 150 | 152 | 252 | 258 | 258 | 155 | 249 | 312 | 312 | 302 | 386 | 376 | 371 | 447 | 447 | 367 | 353 | 318 | 309 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | glassy | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:51PM2.91m | 5:05AM3.03m | 5:29PM2.77m | 5:42AM2.86m | 6:08PM2.59m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:54PM0.31m | 11:21AM0.27m | 11:31PM0.46m | 12:00PM0.42m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 96 | 94 | 92 | 90 | 90 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 79 | 101 | 376 | 371 | 447 | 447 | 367 | 353 | 318 | 309 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 10 | SSW 8 | SSW 10 |
| kJ | 150 | 152 | 252 | 258 | 258 | 155 | 249 | 312 | 312 | 302 | 386 | 101 | 101 | 94 | 94 | 70 | 100 | 73 | 100 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 14 | SW 13 | W 14 | SSW 11 | SW 12 | SSW 10 | W 12 | W 12 | W 12 | S 10 | W 13 |
| kJ | 37 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 13 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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