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El Rincon surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 20 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
23.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°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: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101414141414141616161616141414141515151413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11203151405140641001006525368182828454545246446844
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
W
5
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		glassonglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
1.67
10:26PM
1.29
9:28AM
1.60
10:49PM
1.33
10:03AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
0.74
3:55PM
0.11
3:32AM
0.71
4:19PM
0.19
4:11AM
0.69
4:43PM
0.30
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----5:55-------5:55-------5:57--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323232423212121212124232222222222222525242222
Feels °C (?)222221202121202020192021201920202021212423242221
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