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El Pescadero surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 MST
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El Pescadero surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Pescadero sea temperature is
24.9° C
 (Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Pescadero today?

The current surf forecast for El Pescadero at 7AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141413131313131312121818181616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400400400394394361285261253249246192189183136129113107104155208206198256
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
E
5
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		glassononcrosscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassonglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
1.85
9:08PM
1.35
7:56AM
1.90
9:32PM
1.38
8:29AM
1.92
9:57PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
0.93
2:35PM
0.10
1:49AM
0.87
3:03PM
0.07
2:21AM
0.81
3:30PM
0.08
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----5:57-------5:58-------5:58--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323252525232323232425262524242424242525252424
Feels °C (?)232223242426232323222325262624232222242424242323
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