El Laberinto 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 10.81° N 85.73° W

Issued: 5 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's El Laberinto sea temperature is

29.4° C

El Laberinto 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 El Laberinto today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Laberinto at 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 24°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sun morning, fresh winds from the NE by Tue night).
	Sunday 12							Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	119	121	127	128	127	125	96	96	93	89	89	114	87	88	116	91	92	118	116	114	88	111	111	87
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	ESE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					12:19PM2.46m				1:01AM2.13m				1:21PM2.54m				2:02AM2.27m				2:19PM2.62m
Low Tide		5:55AM0.47m					6:52PM0.27m				7:01AM0.37m				7:50PM0.14m				8:03AM0.28m				8:44PM0.03m


	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26
	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	6:08
mm	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	27	28	29	28	27	27	26	26	27	29	30	28	27	26	26	26	27	29	29	27	26	24
Feels °C	29	29	30	32	32	29	27	29	27	28	29	32	33	30	29	28	28	28	28	31	29	26	24	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	119	121	127	128	127	125	96	96	93	89	89	114	87	88	116	91	92	118	116	114	88	111	111	87
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	WSW 20	WSW 20	WSW 19	WSW 19	WSW 19	SW 6	WSW 18	WSW 18	SW 18	SW 18
kJ	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	4	37	37	37	37	37	1	32	31	80	80
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 8	SW 23	S 6	SW 19	SW 19	W 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 18	SW 21	SW 21	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SW 6	SW 6	WSW 19	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	N 6
kJ	2	21	1	15	15	9	18	18	18	48	18	18	25	25	4	4	4	1	1	37	1	1	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 2	ENE 2	NE 5	—	—	—	—	—	NE 2	NE 2	NNE 2	—	—	—	—	—	NE 2	NE 2	NE 2
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	6	0	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	43	43
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	1	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
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