Ixtapa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.66° N 101.61° W

Ixtapa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ixtapa sea temperature is
30.8°C
1.7° 

Ixtapa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ixtapa today (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ixtapa at 12AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (30 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (30 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 65mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue night, calm by Wed morning).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
1
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
11
3
S
11
3.5
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.1
SW
9
2.1
SW
9
2.1
SW
9
2.1
SW
9
1.3
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.8
SW
10
1.8
SW
10
1.6
SW
9
1
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2258
2406
2472
2310
1985
1697
1431
1316
1154
783
777
734
719
411
389
602
585
446
521
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
10
E
0
SSE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:27PM0.31m
7:06AM0.74m
6:36PM0.31m
7:16AM0.80m
6:13PM0.37m
Low Tide
3:44PM0.25m
10:22PM0.31m
3:18PM0.28m
11:18PM0.21m
2:34PM0.31m
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Temp °C
29
28
26
25
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24
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27
Feels °C
29
28
25
28
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27
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32
30
29
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31
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