El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
28.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131317131616161615151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)557549459452439421317312249249249307273254509245239224275416416416411411
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
E
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22PM
0.52
7:58PM
0.54
7:13PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57PM
0.36
4:21AM
-0.03
5:05AM
-0.00
6:34AM
0.04
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:30-------6:28-------6:28-
Sunset-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292827262525272829282626252527292928272625252730
Feels °C (?)303031302929313130303030282829303030313028283031
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