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El Faro surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 CST
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Today's El Faro sea temperature is
27.0° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 3AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414131313131313141512131313161616161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167165158102101101991011021158687909290102102100988585828181
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
1.24
10:19AM
1.46
11:38PM
1.26
10:54AM
1.36
12:03AM
1.27
11:33AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.67
5:06PM
0.20
5:04AM
0.65
5:31PM
0.32
5:49AM
0.65
5:55PM
0.45
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----7:41-------7:39-------7:39---
Sunset-------6:45-------6:45-------6:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262524242425252524242423232425252423232323242425
Feels °C (?)252523232324242525252524242525262625242424242426
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