Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ixtapa today (11 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ixtapa at 9PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 18s |
| Evening (11 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Ixtapa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 449 | 316 | 312 | 414 | 386 | 508 | 508 | 376 | 306 | 302 | 353 | 385 | 380 | 395 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 395 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 9:14PM0.63m | 11:49AM0.65m | 9:47PM0.60m | 12:22PM0.59m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:31PM0.46m | 4:25AM0.02m | 4:57PM0.45m | 4:57AM0.13m | 5:29PM0.45m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 |
Feels °C | 34 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 34 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SSW 13 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 449 | 219 | 312 | 414 | 386 | 508 | 508 | 376 | 306 | 302 | 353 | 385 | 380 | 395 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 395 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SW 18 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 |
| kJ | 222 | 316 | 147 | 136 | 104 | 66 | 63 | 98 | 109 | 73 | 77 | 55 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 190 | 306 | 388 | 384 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | W 5 | W 5 | W 4 | SW 13 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | SSE 9 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 33 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 80 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 116 | 110 | 41 | 73 | 51 | 49 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | W 5 | W 4 | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 12 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 530 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 530 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 530 | 327 | 0 |
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