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El Socorro surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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El Socorro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Socorro sea temperature is
17.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Socorro today?

The current surf forecast for El Socorro at 4PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)121218161616151515141414131313131212131413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)165163222343339326544441543536485390384378378384169217227465431424392315
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
0
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NW
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
2.29
9:36PM
1.56
8:30AM
2.29
10:04PM
1.60
9:05AM
2.24
10:33PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
0.11
2:13AM
1.00
3:38PM
0.12
2:52AM
0.97
4:07PM
0.17
3:34AM
0.95
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---5:07-------5:07-------5:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212322212020191919192019181919191920212020191819
Feels °C (?)172018181717161617181817171818171818191818171616
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