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El Rincon surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 23 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Rincon today?

The current surf forecast for El Rincon at 1PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (23 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313131312121716161616161616161514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4444444333151423212324242048444872693841416968103
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
5
S
20
SSE
25
SSW
15
N
10
SSW
0
SSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
1.34
11:43PM
1.39
11:27AM
1.15
12:19AM
1.40
12:42PM
0.94
1:09AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
0.44
5:54AM
0.68
5:28PM
0.59
7:16AM
0.68
5:40PM
0.74
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise7:00-------7:00-------7:00-------
Sunset---5:58-------5:59-------5:59----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222525242221201919212023201918181820212019181817
Feels °C (?)222423242221192018181921201817171718181818161614
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