Chamela surf break

Chamela surfForecast / Jalisco / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 22 Aug 2025 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Chamela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chamela sea temperature is
30.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chamela today?

The current surf forecast for Chamela at 6PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (22 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (22 Aug)4ft (1.2m)15s

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

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Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
4
3
2
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151414141414141414211414131320202019191918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)88771566561468865374387066560559981512251016746474524738115213221238985732806
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
0
NW
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
SW
10
W
0
NW
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
1.07
8:55PM
1.22
10:04AM
1.08
9:27PM
1.20
10:19AM
1.09
9:56PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
0.54
3:40AM
0.11
3:37PM
0.48
4:00AM
0.18
4:02PM
0.44
4:17AM
0.27
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:22----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1311--121---------------
Temp. °C272930292827252526283029272726252731313028262626
Feels °C (?)323433333332292930323332323230283034333432303029
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Jalisco

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 83 km away suggest it is still onshore at Chamela (light winds from the WSW at Manzanillo International Airport). 0.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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