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El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
28.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 7AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121616151515161616161414181814141516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82818181555453646260606061383939514980809778142171
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
10
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
S
10
WSW
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		oncrossglasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
0.46
8:14AM
0.53
1:09AM
0.41
8:27AM
0.53
12:52AM
0.37
8:40AM
0.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.44
4:33PM
-0.05
2:41AM
0.41
4:39PM
-0.01
2:32AM
0.37
4:40PM
0.05
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset-----6:34-------6:35-------6:36--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C232325282827252423232528282726252423242726272626
Feels °C (?)252527292828282725252729272728282826262929312930
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