El Faro surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 CST
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Today's El Faro sea temperature is
30.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 7AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131313131313131313131515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134115115115113110105102696910168674444444443424243445475
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
SW
5
W
5
N
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
5
E
10
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
1.30
8:41AM
1.28
7:46PM
1.39
8:51AM
1.33
8:20PM
1.44
9:03AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.19
2:09PM
0.67
2:27AM
0.19
2:32PM
0.56
2:49AM
0.22
2:55PM
0.46
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:48-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:01-------7:00-------7:00
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--21----211----13571----
Temp. °C282827262728292929282726272829292828282727292929
Feels °C (?)333330283032333433313028313131323132323030343233
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nayarit

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Faro (light winds from the ENE at Puerto Vallarta Airport 31 km from El Faro). 0.8m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.5m 14s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 12s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
ENE
0.0
30.8
Air / Water (°C)
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