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El Quijote surfForecast / Sinaloa / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
25.2° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 8AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)18181818181616161616161615151515151515151514146
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)808080494869671271271271278984107106106142142142142104103102100
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
W
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
1.51
7:58PM
1.25
5:29AM
1.61
8:19PM
1.34
6:27AM
1.72
8:43PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
0.25
11:48PM
1.10
1:11PM
0.09
12:45AM
1.01
1:50PM
-0.02
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise--6:47-------6:47-------6:46-----
Sunset-----5:50-------5:51-------5:51--
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clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919222222222221202022232222212121202223232222
Feels °C (?)201819222021212119202021211920202021202220202021
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