Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Paraiso today (20 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Paraiso at 4PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at El Paraiso. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 318 | 229 | 225 | 222 | 219 | 172 | 172 | 178 | 222 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 330 | 506 | 475 | 229 | 225 | 282 | 373 | 378 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 10:09AM0.71m | 9:51AM0.71m | 9:37AM0.71m | 6:22PM0.61m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:23AM0.29m | 1:40AM0.23m | 2:43PM0.56m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | | | |
 | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:17 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 33 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSE 11 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | S 10 |
| kJ | 318 | 229 | 225 | 222 | 219 | 172 | 90 | 122 | 222 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 330 | 506 | 475 | 150 | 225 | 282 | 373 | 200 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSW 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 65 | 67 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 172 | 178 | 125 | 94 | 122 | 120 | 120 | 90 | 92 | 128 | 229 | 150 | 173 | 170 | 378 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | W 4 | SW 18 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | NW 14 | NW 13 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | NW 13 | SW 20 | SSW 16 | SW 19 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 52 | 94 | 95 | 107 | 105 | 104 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 123 | 154 | 31 | 7 | 102 | 147 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 184 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 9 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 188 | 263 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 753 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Colima | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Paraiso surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest