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El Faro surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 CST
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Today's El Faro sea temperature is
27.1° 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 5PM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (19 Jan)1ft (0.3m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
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
Period(s) (?)131313121218181716161616151515141413131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1339592868363629615315114713812512316716515810210110199101104115
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
WSW
10
ENE
10
N
15
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
NE
5
NNE
15
NE
20
N
25
N
20
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglassoffglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
1.54
10:52PM
1.22
9:47AM
1.52
11:15PM
1.24
10:19AM
1.46
11:38PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
0.73
4:16PM
0.07
3:52AM
0.70
4:41PM
0.12
4:26AM
0.67
5:06PM
0.20
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--7:41-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset-----6:44-------6:45-------6:45--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232423252525252424232424252525242424242525252423
Feels °C (?)242624262628272728252825252425252524252524252424
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