Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Faro today (17 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 8AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 12s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  | |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 17 | SSW 12 | SW 17 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 229 | 171 | 171 | 229 | 212 | 155 | 152 | 148 | 210 | 243 | 366 | 432 | 165 | 171 | 257 | 264 | 219 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | glassy | glassy | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:53PM0.47m | 6:00PM0.46m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:31AM0.08m | 8:22AM0.21m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  |  | | |  |  | | |  | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:25 | — |
mm | — | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
Feels °C | 34 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SW 17 | SW 18 | SW 18 | S 12 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 |
| kJ | 229 | 107 | 106 | 229 | 212 | 155 | 152 | 106 | 210 | 243 | 366 | 432 | 98 | 119 | 257 | 264 | 219 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 16 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 52 | 51 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 101 | 101 | 146 | 165 | 31 | 30 | 41 | 206 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SW 16 | SW 19 | SW 16 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 171 | 171 | 171 | 142 | 104 | 85 | 106 | 148 | 148 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 171 | 181 | 127 | 29 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 3 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | — | W 2 | W 3 | W 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 40 | 186 | 179 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 442 | 475 | 191 | 41 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Michoacan | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Faro surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest