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El Faro surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 CST
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Today's El Faro sea temperature is
26.5° 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 5AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
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
0.6
WNW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212667788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333938383838393737373839314275961101101139910110410171
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
1.14
12:38PM
0.93
2:21AM
1.14
3:27PM
0.80
3:20AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
0.83
6:31PM
0.69
11:23AM
0.76
5:46PM
0.79
12:37PM
0.62
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----7:39-------7:39-------7:39---
Sunset-------6:37-------6:37-------6:38
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222212123232323222221212223232322222122232324
Feels °C (?)242323222223232223222222222323232423242324252427
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