El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
27.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 6PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151519141418181817161617161616151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104121964080109107104142211211286280346429308397387381405485478366361
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
0.40
9:06PM
0.68
7:28AM
0.46
9:29PM
0.68
7:59AM
0.51
9:54PM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
-0.14
3:00AM
0.28
2:16PM
-0.19
3:14AM
0.27
2:47PM
-0.20
3:33AM
0.26
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise7:09-------7:09-------7:07-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:52----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262828272625242325272726252423222427272624232222
Feels °C (?)283028282929272528282727282726252728272727262425
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