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Costa Banderas surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 19 Jan 2026 CST
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Costa Banderas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Costa Banderas sea temperature is
26.8° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Costa Banderas today?

The current surf forecast for Costa Banderas at 2AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)181818171616161615151514141313131313141412121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108107106164153151147191172169242239158141139139137139143158119121125127
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
SE
15
WSW
10
S
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
1.22
9:47AM
1.52
11:15PM
1.24
10:19AM
1.46
11:38PM
1.26
10:54AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.07
3:52AM
0.70
4:41PM
0.12
4:26AM
0.67
5:06PM
0.20
5:04AM
0.65
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise------7:39-------7:39-------7:39-
Sunset-6:44-------6:44-------6:45------
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--161-------------------
Temp. °C262524242323242626252424232323262625242323222225
Feels °C (?)282826262423242727252525232223262626262524232326
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