El Quijote surfForecast / Sinaloa / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 MST
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El Quijote surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Quijote sea temperature is
26.0° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Quijote today?

The current surf forecast for El Quijote at 10PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131312121615121213131919181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186183183180180178178140178175134126124140128124122130132120145134126178
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
0
NE
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
15
SW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
W
0
ENE
5
E
5
SE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:48PM
1.89
10:15AM
1.37
9:16PM
1.84
11:06AM
1.21
9:44PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.66
3:45AM
0.01
3:11PM
0.78
4:28AM
0.10
3:29PM
0.89
5:18AM
0.25
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------5:41-------5:41-------5:39-
Sunset-6:27-------6:28-------6:28------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252524232222232425252423222122252525242323222325
Feels °C (?)232424232323252424252626242324262525252626242626
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