El Faro Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.92° N 102.12° W

El Faro 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Faro sea temperature is
31.0°C
1.8° 

El Faro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Faro today (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 6PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu morning, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
813
813
803
803
976
783
763
566
720
543
536
459
407
407
407
401
341
288
272
261
212
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NW
20
WSW
15
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
0
WSW
Wind State
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
10:25AM0.49m
9:35PM0.46m
10:28AM0.42m
9:59PM0.40m
9:47AM0.37m
Low Tide
4:02PM0.22m
4:04AM0.10m
4:11PM0.22m
4:00AM0.22m
3:53PM0.22m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:35
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6:54
6:53
6:52
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
29
33
32
30
29
28
27
27
28
30
30
29
28
27
27
27
28
30
30
30
28
Feels °C
32
36
32
33
34
34
32
32
33
35
33
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
34
35
34
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