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Ixtapa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 26 Jan 2026 CST
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Ixtapa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ixtapa sea temperature is
28.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ixtapa today?

The current surf forecast for Ixtapa at 2AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212131313131818181818181616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8585119165131966767801231238098105175173173173171169204249191246
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
0
ENE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
SE
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
0.75
7:10AM
0.51
9:41PM
0.79
7:32AM
0.55
10:10PM
0.80
7:58AM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.43
2:06PM
0.02
3:34AM
0.44
2:35PM
-0.05
3:52AM
0.46
3:07PM
-0.09
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset-------6:37-------6:38-------6:38
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262525242528282726252525262828272625242425272726
Feels °C (?)302928272829272627252526272929292828262628302929
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