Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Islita today (19 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Islita at 1AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (19 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (19 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Islita. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 198 | 339 | 361 | 303 | 367 | 184 | 377 | 189 | 304 | 304 | 252 | 260 | 273 | 280 | 371 | 366 | 361 | 361 | 348 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:43PM2.56m | 6:15AM2.66m | 6:32PM2.41m | 7:01AM2.56m | 7:20PM2.25m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:56PM0.11m | 12:29PM0.31m | 00:41AM0.26m | 1:18PM0.42m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 25 | 4 |
Temp °C | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
Feels °C | 35 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | S 14 | SSW 6 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 16 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 |
| kJ | 164 | 339 | 361 | 303 | 367 | 145 | 377 | 57 | 304 | 304 | 252 | 260 | 273 | 222 | 215 | 366 | 66 | 70 | 70 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | SSW 7 | S 14 | SSW 6 | SSW 12 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 16 | SSW 12 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 198 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 45 | 184 | 53 | 189 | 57 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 371 | 198 | 361 | 361 | 348 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | SW 19 | S 16 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SSW 6 | SW 19 | S 14 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | S 7 | SSW 7 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 20 | 130 | 81 | 94 | 59 | 44 | 219 | 146 | 194 | 152 | 194 | 194 | 192 | 280 | 44 | 50 | 187 | 187 | 187 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 6 | — | — | N 6 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
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