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El Rincon surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 MST
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El Rincon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Rincon sea temperature is
23.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Rincon today?

The current surf forecast for El Rincon at 7AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131312121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)406981816940396068689867666552295756565656362726
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
SSW
5
W
15
NNW
10
NW
10
N
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
1.55
9:01PM
1.18
7:20AM
1.62
9:21PM
1.21
7:53AM
1.67
9:42PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
0.94
2:11PM
0.12
1:23AM
0.89
2:38PM
0.07
1:53AM
0.83
3:04PM
0.05
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----5:52-------5:53-------5:53--
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212021242523212222212124252321212120212324212121
Feels °C (?)211820222222202123202022232120202018202122202020
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