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El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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
28.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 8PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)10766106776151515151616161316141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271610101010121110213355564964503447801181181188180
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SSE
15
SW
15
W
5
NW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassoffglassglassoncross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		ononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
0.64
8:18AM
0.40
11:13PM
0.61
8:11AM
0.43
11:46PM
0.57
8:05AM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
-0.10
4:40AM
0.33
3:27PM
-0.12
4:54AM
0.38
3:47PM
-0.13
4:49AM
0.43
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset-6:30-------6:31-------6:32------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C282726252423252828272625242425282828262524242528
Feels °C (?)282829282725273029282928262626292931302827272831
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