Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Costa Banderas today (20 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Costa Banderas at 11PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Costa Banderas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 88 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 78 | 136 | 158 | 97 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 102 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | glassy | cross | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 12:02PM1.16m | 10:52AM1.11m | 9:41AM1.10m | 5:49PM1.14m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:51AM0.55m | 1:22AM0.43m | 1:35PM1.01m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:25 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Feels °C | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 88 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 78 | 136 | 158 | 97 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 102 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | SW 19 | NW 3 | NW 9 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | WNW 9 | NW 13 | SSW 20 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | WNW 5 | W 5 |
| kJ | 8 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | NW 9 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | WNW 3 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | SSW 17 | NW 13 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 13 | SW 18 | — | W 5 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | WNW 12 | SSW 19 |
| kJ | 13 | 3 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | — | 2 | 15 | 37 | 15 | 37 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 3 | NW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 9 | — | — | WNW 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 336 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
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