El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 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
27.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131321212113131514201919191919181818181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186183180178178140305224138134109103306546546303184173211319455455455316
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crossglassoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27PM
0.53
7:58PM
0.57
7:47PM
0.62
5:31AM
0.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
0.12
11:17AM
0.09
3:37AM
0.24
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-6:59-------6:59-------7:00------
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. °C272624232221242627262423222124272726242322212426
Feels °C (?)262626252422262627262626242226262525252524222626
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