Ixtapa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.66° N 101.61° W

Ixtapa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ixtapa sea temperature is
29.4°C
0.2° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ixtapa at 1AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (04 Nov)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
980
921
801
780
682
589
530
530
530
456
456
630
407
397
525
397
649
568
515
515
515
508
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
WNW
0
N
0
ESE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NNW
0
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:08PM0.62m
8:14AM0.70m
8:50PM0.64m
8:22AM0.64m
9:33PM0.63m
Low Tide
2:13PM0.21m
1:58AM0.21m
2:31PM0.19m
2:30AM0.30m
2:49PM0.17m
2:59AM0.38m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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2
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Temp °C
29
28
28
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
27
27
26
26
27
28
28
28
27
27
26
26
Feels °C
33
32
32
32
33
33
33
32
32
33
32
32
31
31
32
31
31
32
31
32
30
30
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