El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
26.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 11PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121210101010101010101818171616161616151518181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1041017372717168686867106103154193254254254330287347222225215203
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
W
5
WSW
0
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
15
S
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
0.64
8:38AM
0.50
9:41PM
0.58
9:12AM
0.49
9:55PM
0.51
9:44AM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
-0.11
3:18AM
0.17
3:01PM
-0.05
3:38AM
0.16
3:29PM
0.04
3:54AM
0.16
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------6:45-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-7:00-------7:00-------7:00------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282725242323262728272525242426282827252424232628
Feels °C (?)282728272425262727282827252426272728282726242727
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