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El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 CST
How big are the waves at El Faro today?
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 1AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 254 | 257 | 356 | 475 | 433 | 573 | 559 | 651 | 751 | 742 | 733 | 620 | 596 | 624 | 711 | 794 | 840 | 674 | 576 | 522 | 561 | 647 | 638 | 638 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | off | off | off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | glass | off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:20PM 0.48 | 9:08AM 0.58 | 8:55PM 0.47 | 9:20AM 0.50 | 9:29PM 0.45 | 9:13AM 0.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:56PM 0.14 | 2:31AM -0.02 | 3:15PM 0.13 | 3:01AM 0.07 | 3:28PM 0.13 | 3:24AM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Michoacan
Continuing clean conditions at El Faro (calm at Colima 214 km from El Faro). 0.6m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.5m 8s swell, also from the SSE as well as a 0.4m 3s local chop, also from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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