El Faro surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 01 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
27.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 3PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313131314142019191818181716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1652802682682762762732853112493734807159211056138815261564150814891646162616061569
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
S
15
SW
20
WSW
5
W
0
WSW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
0
N
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
crosscrossglassoffcross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
0.41
9:08PM
0.38
10:51AM
0.37
7:28PM
0.41
6:51PM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.26
3:45AM
0.15
2:23PM
0.34
3:12AM
0.13
2:51AM
0.10
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise6:43-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:01-------7:01----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252828272524232325272827252423232527282725252423
Feels °C (?)272828272828262628282928282826262928292828292726
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