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El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 02 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
28.3° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 6AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
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)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
S
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121412121111131318181217161616161615151515161612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115213111104737155558112111610810410098979593898754414346
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
0.45
9:12AM
0.44
7:56AM
0.41
7:19AM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
0.39
5:11PM
0.08
4:19PM
0.19
2:15PM
0.21
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----7:20-------7:20-------7:18---
Sunset-------6:44-------6:44-------6:45
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262524242427272725242323252727262524232324272827
Feels °C (?)282827272729272827272626282927272827262626292829
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