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El Rincon surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 19 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
23.6° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.9
NNW
0.7
N
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
NNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)5555111651110141414141414161616161614141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34344027242422121120315140504064100100652536818282
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
20
N
15
N
15
N
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
W
10
NE
5
NW
5
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		onglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.69
10:04PM
1.26
8:56AM
1.67
10:26PM
1.29
9:28AM
1.60
10:49PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.78
3:30PM
0.06
2:56AM
0.74
3:55PM
0.11
3:32AM
0.71
4:19PM
0.19
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----5:54-------5:55-------5:55--
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222223242422232423222223242322212121212323222121
Feels °C (?)192022192120212423202222222120191919192020202020
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