Cabo San Quintin surf break

Cabo San Quintin surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Cabo San Quintin surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cabo San Quintin sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cabo San Quintin today?

The current surf forecast for Cabo San Quintin at 6PM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)151515141414141314141413131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)505537443431431394394184243195347342277273273249249246269265112106106106
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.99
8:25AM
1.72
7:38PM
2.05
8:45AM
1.82
8:18PM
2.07
9:05AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
1.12
1:54AM
0.27
1:43PM
0.95
2:24AM
0.27
2:20PM
0.79
2:50AM
0.31
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:28-------6:30-------6:30-
Sunset-6:45-------6:45-------6:44------
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C242424222122222424232222212121222322212020192021
Feels °C (?)252426242325242626242323222222222322212021192121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Norte

  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the SW at Puerto Penasco imply that is on-shore at Cabo San Quintin. 0.9m 4s local chop from the NW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 9s swell from the WNW as well as a 0.3m 8s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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