El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 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
27.9° 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 3PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
1
2
3
2
2
3
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
4
2
1
3
2
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131218121214121213131316161317181818181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4183983233392541802442523723033033143813034876009059051033895789886864981
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
0
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
0
NNE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.23
8:03PM
0.67
7:15AM
0.26
8:21PM
0.66
7:07AM
0.31
8:33PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.07
3:14AM
0.17
12:53PM
0.02
3:07AM
0.22
1:14PM
-0.01
2:54AM
0.24
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:02-------7:02-------7:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262829282625242325282827262524232528282725242322
Feels °C (?)302929292929282629292828292928262829282728272624
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