El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 08 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
28.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 4PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212121212131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11815415114713613113198989898129190133138142145147172212206152127125
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
0.50
7:49PM
0.35
7:15AM
0.48
8:25PM
0.46
7:41AM
0.45
9:00PM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.15
1:01AM
0.21
1:56PM
0.09
2:08AM
0.21
2:10PM
0.03
2:59AM
0.22
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise7:20-------7:20-------7:20-------
Sunset---6:28-------6:29-------6:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252727262524232324272726252323222326262624232322
Feels °C (?)282928282826252626292727282626242628272827262624
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