El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
30.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6ft (1.8m)15s
Evening (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161615151515151515151514141414141414141391310
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1800178917961498157315041486134213341318123212731109101211711057100810181147896843780744813
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
SSE
20
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
0.44
8:54AM
0.71
7:45PM
0.48
9:20AM
0.68
8:14PM
0.50
9:46AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
-0.17
2:53PM
0.22
2:18AM
-0.17
3:13PM
0.21
2:49AM
-0.13
3:33PM
0.22
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:50-------6:49-------6:47
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--1-------12--1--121---1
Temp. °C282726262729292928272525272929282727262527292928
Feels °C (?)333230303132323333312928313130323131302831323132
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Michoacan

  1. weather stationWind Update calm at Rancho de Don Luis Martínez wx mean that is clean at El Faro. 1.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.5m 7s swell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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