El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
26.9° 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 4PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151918141818181716161716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6510050495755104142104121963380109107104142211211286280346429308
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
0
W
0
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossononcross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
0.34
8:47PM
0.65
6:57AM
0.40
9:06PM
0.68
7:28AM
0.46
9:29PM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
-0.07
2:55AM
0.29
1:45PM
-0.14
3:00AM
0.28
2:16PM
-0.19
3:14AM
0.27
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:52----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252727262525252425272826252524232427272624242323
Feels °C (?)272828282929282627282927272827262729282727282626
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