La Punta surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 CST
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La Punta surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Punta sea temperature is
30.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at La Punta today?

The current surf forecast for La Punta at 2PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151515151514141414141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)185115991537143212921292129214131455996943943943943917917799788724693595586362249
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
10
SSW
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
1.09
9:31PM
0.81
10:17AM
1.03
10:33PM
0.79
11:16AM
0.97
11:40PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.20
3:36AM
0.10
4:44PM
0.23
4:40AM
0.17
5:45PM
0.25
5:50AM
0.22
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---6:29-------6:28-------6:27----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1131244---21111---251133
Temp. °C282928282726252527292828272626262729282626262625
Feels °C (?)333231323130282831323031313030303132313030303028
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent clean conditions at La Punta have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the S at Puerto Escondido Airport 5 km from La Punta). 1.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 5s windswell from the ESE and a 0.9m 8s swell from the S as well as a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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