K-181 Surf Forecast

/ Baja Norte (67 surf breaks) /

Mexico (244 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

K-181 surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 PDT

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K-181 surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's K-181 sea temperature is 16.6° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at K-181 today?

The current surf forecast for K-181 at 6PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Evening (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

Table - waves today at K-181. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	147	166	295	295	273	417	407	402	392	358	305	325	297	233	223	198	151	151	149	149	92	103	142	314
Wind (km/h)	W	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 1.79					8:14AM 1.99				8:36PM 1.75				8:33AM 2.04				9:12PM 1.69				8:54AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 0.58			1:59AM 0.53					2:35PM 0.46				2:22AM 0.62				3:05PM 0.37				2:43AM 0.72

	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	23	23	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	20
Feels °C (?)	20	20	20	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	19	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Norte

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at K-181 (light winds from the W at San Diego/Brown Field Municipal Airport 149 km from K-181). 0.6m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the WSW and a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 37 minutes ago K-181

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