El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 13 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 11PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
4
4
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131316161616161515151515151414141517171717151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2772773973226126044994344284615375305223253253255228279921003857644806950
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
5
W
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
ESE
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
0.51
8:48AM
0.49
8:37PM
0.50
9:24AM
0.48
8:35PM
0.50
10:08AM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
0.07
2:44AM
0.11
2:42PM
0.14
3:00AM
0.05
2:55PM
0.21
3:21AM
0.00
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-7:04-------7:04-------7:04------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292826252424272929282626252526292928262625242628
Feels °C (?)282929292727302929293031292929313030303129273029
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