El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 CST
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El Faro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Faro sea temperature is
28.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131713161616161515141414141414191818181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2493072732545092452392242754164164164114113944604224186327597515895421042
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SE
5
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
15
S
15
S
15
S
5
W
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononglassglassoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
0.54
7:13PM
0.57
6:49PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
-0.00
6:34AM
0.04
9:53AM
0.04
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:28---
Sunset-------7:05-------7:06-------7:06
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272726252829292927272626283030292726262628302928
Feels °C (?)313130283130303131323029323231313130303032323029
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