Ixtapa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.66° N 101.61° W

Issued: 11 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Ixtapa sea temperature is

30.4°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Ixtapa today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ixtapa at 4PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s
Evening (08 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the E by Sat night).
	Thu 8					Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	2	2	4	3	2	!	0	!	!	!	!	5	3	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 10	SW 10	SSW 10	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1031	1018	1018	993	1074	1046	928	849	961	2673	3023	2635	2831	2623	2335	1685	1685	1715	1452	1968	1665
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		9:13AM0.63m				9:35PM0.62m				9:04AM0.59m				10:16PM0.58m			8:30AM0.56m
Low Tide				3:20PM0.24m				3:25AM0.32m				3:34PM0.23m				3:33AM0.43m				3:42PM0.23m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—
mm	—	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	3
Temp °C	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	27	26	26	26	26	25	27	29	28	28	27
Feels °C	29	30	30	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	26	26	28	27	28	26	28	28	27	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 10	SSW 10	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 12
kJ	1031	1018	1018	993	612	698	928	849	961	2673	3023	2635	2831	2623	2335	1685	1685	1715	1452	1968	1665
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSW 21	SSE 7	SSW 10	SW 16	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 15	SSW 18	SSW 15	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16
kJ	84	404	157	339	1074	1046	928	752	752	695	427	377	651	768	768	943	798	709	691	798	788
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 10	SSW 21	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SW 15	SSW 18	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	65	45	404	131	99	256	590	716	716	475	220	497	382	318	220	424	342	269	400	336	282
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 6	—	SE 5
kJ	228	164	387	292	239	85	171	146	175	167	184	155	144	110	106	96	84	107	136	—	45
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Playa Linda Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	Ixtapa Guerrero	Ixtapa Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	Trocones Guerrero	Ixtapa Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	The Ranch Guerrero	Cacas Point Guerrero	Joluchuca Guerrero	Ixtapa Island Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	Ixtapa Guerrero	Playa Linda Guerrero	Cacas Point Guerrero	Cacas Point Guerrero	Cacas Point Guerrero	Loma Bonita Guerrero
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	7	7	0	0	7	16	0	7	7	39	204	94	2	7	7	0	7	204	204	204	99
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	5	6	5	7	5	8	7	7	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	7	7	8	7	9	5

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