El Quijote surfForecast / Sinaloa / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 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 4AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131313131312121612121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264264261257246236186183183180180178178178178175134126124140103103122130
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
0
N
15
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
NW
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.88
9:30AM
1.51
8:48PM
1.89
10:15AM
1.37
9:16PM
1.84
11:06AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
-0.00
2:47PM
0.66
3:45AM
0.01
3:11PM
0.78
4:28AM
0.10
3:29PM
0.89
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----5:41-------5:41-------5:41---
Sunset-------6:27-------6:28-------6:28
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323232425252524232322232525252423222123242525
Feels °C (?)232323232324232323232423252524252526242326252424
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