El Faro Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.92° N 102.12° W

El Faro 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Faro sea temperature is
31.0° C
1.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 2PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSW
13
1.3
SSE
10
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
332
323
229
225
222
219
215
170
180
310
229
261
211
208
261
264
430
392
218
282
295
378
373
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
SSE
5
E
0
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
10
ENE
10
N
5
NNE
0
W
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
0
ENE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:55AM0.68m
7:53PM0.37m
9:22AM0.68m
8:00PM0.40m
9:48AM0.66m
8:06PM0.43m
Low Tide
1:45AM-0.03m
3:21PM0.20m
2:08AM-0.08m
3:37PM0.24m
2:31AM-0.11m
3:46PM0.28m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:10
7:09
7:09
 mm
1
5
2
3
4
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
27
27
30
31
30
29
28
28
28
28
29
31
30
29
28
27
26
26
29
29
30
29
Feels °C
34
31
32
35
34
33
33
33
34
33
32
33
35
33
34
33
31
30
30
34
33
33
33
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest